Liège Island
| Liège Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 2 ′ S , 61 ° 57 ′ W | |
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| length | 14 km | |
| width | 5 km | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Liège Iceland ( French Ile Liège , Spanish Isla Lieja , each loosely translated Lüttichinsel ) is an island in the Palmer Archipelago off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located immediately northeast of the Brabant Island , from which it is separated by Bouquet Bay .
The island was mapped during the Belgica expedition (1897-1899) under the direction of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery , who named it after the Belgian Province de Liège ( German Province of Liège ).
Web links
- Liège Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Liège Island on geographic.org (English)