South Orkney Islands

American  

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the British Antarctic Territory, N of the Antarctic Peninsula: formerly a dependency of the Falkland Islands; claimed by Argentina.

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South Orkney Islands British  

plural noun

1. an uninhabited group of islands in the S Atlantic, southeast of Cape Horn: formerly a dependency of the Falkland Islands; part of the British Antarctic Territory since 1962 (claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty). Area: 621 sq km (240 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

It began to move northwards in 2020 but, since the spring, has been spinning on the spot after it was caught in a rotating column of water near the South Orkney Islands.

From BBC

It remains in place just north of South Orkney Islands, turning in an anti-clockwise direction by about 15 degrees a day.

From BBC

A23a is currently turning on its heels in a stretch of water between Elephant Island and the South Orkney Islands - small parcels of land at the tip of the peninsula.

From BBC

Starting every December, around 10 to 12 mostly Norwegian and Chinese vessels brave the rough seas whipping across the tip of South America to descend upon the South Orkney Islands, a desolate chain of rocky outcrops.

From Seattle Times

Yet 20 years later, it has successfully implemented only two—an MPA near the South Orkney Islands in 2009 and another in the Ross Sea in 2016.

From Scientific American