Latady Island

Latady Island

Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	70°45′00″S 74°35′00″W
Area	3,300 km2 (1,270 sq mi)
Length	60 km (37 mi)
Width	40 km (25 mi)
Country
Antarctica
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Latady Island is a low ice-covered island off Antarctica, about 60 km (37 miles) long and nearly 40 km (25 miles) wide, lying 72 km (45 miles) south of Charcot Island and west of Alexander Island and its area is 3,300 km² (1,274 sq mi)^{[citation needed]}. An ice-covered feature in this approximate position was seen from the air and described by Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1929, but not recognized as an island or separately mapped. Latady Island was first photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-1948, mapped from these photos by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Latady Island was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for William R. Latady, aerial photographer and navigator on the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) flight.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

External links

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Latady Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).