Miles Island (South Georgia)
| Miles Island | ||
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| Waters | Icefjord | |
| Archipelago | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 4 ′ S , 37 ° 39 ′ W | |
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Miles Island is an island in the South Georgia archipelago in the South Atlantic . It is located in the Icefjord and is the largest of the islands in front of the entrance to Miles Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2009 based on the name of the bay. It is named after the whaling ship Don Miles , which was owned by the Compañía Argentina de Pesca of the Norwegian whaling entrepreneur Carl Anton Larsen in 1934 .
Web links
- Miles Island . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)