Liège Island Explained

Liège Island
Map:Antarctica
Location:Antarctica
Coordinates:-64.0194°N -61.9333°W
Archipelago:Palmer Archipelago
Length Km:18.15
Width Km:7.3
Population:Uninhabited
Country:None
Treaty System:Antarctic Treaty System

Liège Island (in English also Liege Island) is an island, 9nmi long and 3nmi wide, lying immediately northeast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, and separated from Hoseason Island and Christiania Islands to the northeast by Croker Passage. Its interior is occupied by Brugmann Mountains.

Liège Island is located at -64.0194°N -61.9333°W. British mapping in 1978 and 1980.

The island was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897–1899) under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it for the province of Liège, Belgium.[1]

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  1. https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=128015 Liège Island.