Meade Islands

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Meade Islands
View from Miziya Peak to Pomorie Point (right) and the Meade Islands (left)
View from Miziya Peak to Pomorie Point (right) and the Meade Islands (left)
Waters McFarlane Strait , Southern Ocean
archipelago South Shetland Islands
Geographical location 62 ° 27 ′  S , 60 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 62 ° 27 ′  S , 60 ° 4 ′  W
Meade Islands (South Shetland Islands)
Meade Islands
Number of islands > 2
Main island Zverino Island

The Meade Islands are a group of two islands and a few cliffs in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . They are located in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait between Livingston Island and Greenwich Island . The larger of the two islands is Zverino Island , the smaller Cave Island .

They were mapped and named in 1935 by participants in the British Discovery Investigations . It is named after C. M. Meade, surveyor for the hydrographic department of the British Admiralty .

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