Concern Iceland
| Concern Iceland | ||
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| Waters | Barlas Canal | |
| Archipelago | Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 11 ′ S , 67 ° 42 ′ W | |
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Sorge Island is an island off the east coast of West Antarctic Adelaide Island . It is located immediately south of The Gullet in the Barlas Canal .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped them on the basis of measurements and aerial photographs from the years 1948 to 1959. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1960 after the German glaciologist Ernst Sorge (1899-1946).
Web links
- Iceland concern in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sorge Island on geographic.org