Reid Island () is an

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of the South

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at the east side of the entrance to Iceberg Bay, along the south coast of

Coronation Island Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, long and from wide. The island extends in a general east–west direction, is mainly ice-covered and comprises numerous bays, glaciers and peaks, the highest rising to . History T ...

in the

South Orkney Islands The South Orkney Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands, islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula Petter Sorlle Petter may refer to: People * Petter (given name) * Petter (surname) * Petter (rapper), stage name of Swedish rapper Petter Alexis Askergren (born 1974) Other uses * Petter Bay Petter Bay () is a bight 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of ...

in 1912–13. Survey by the

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(FIDS) in 1948–49 determined that only a single island exists.

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