Flensing Islands
| Flensing Islands | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| archipelago | South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 41 ′ S , 45 ° 40 ′ W | |
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The Flensing Islands are a group of islands in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . They are located 1.5 km west of Foca Point off the west coast of Signy Island .
The Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle called it Flenserne from a map drawn up between 1912 and 1913 . Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations translated the Norwegian name into English in 1933. Name factor is Abflensen ( English flensing ) of a Walkadavers .
Web links
- Flensing Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Flensing Islands on geographic.org (English)