Foreland Island is an island east-southeast of
Taylor Point, off the east side of
King George Island, in the
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 1 ...
. This island was known to sealers as early as 1821 and takes its name from
North Foreland, the prominent cape to the northwest.
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See also
* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands
References
Islands of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
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