Meade Islands
The Meade Islands are a group of two large islands, Zverino Island and Cave Island, the minor Pisanitsa Island, and several rocks lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait, off Archar Peninsula, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Cave Island and Zverino Island.
Cave Island
Islet
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Cave Island is an island marked by a large cavern in its south side, which is the second largest of the Meade Islands lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait, off Archar Peninsula on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Zverino Island
Islet
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Zverino Island is the largest and westernmost island in the Meade group lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Pisanitsa Island
Islet
Pisanitsa Island is the rocky island in the Meade group off Archar Peninsula, the northwest extremity of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 270 m in southwest-northeast direction and 60 m wide.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ficheto Point.
Ficheto Point
Locality
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Ficheto Point is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Ficheto Point is situated 3 km southwest of Meade Islands.
Meade Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: group of island in Antarctica
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Meade Islands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Meade”
- Chinese: “米德群島”
- Dutch: “Meade Islands”
- German: “Meade-Inseln”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Meade Islands”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Meade”
- Spanish: “Meade, Isla”
- Spanish: “Meade, islas”
- Swedish: “Meade (ö)”
- Swedish: “Meade Islands”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Captain Arturo Prat and Doctor Guillermo Mann.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Channel Rock and Duff Point.
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