The Elephant Seal industry at South Georgia

South Georgia, one of the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands, lies in the South Atlantic Ocean between lats. 53° 50′ and 55° S. and longs. 35° 50′ and 38°15' W. The island is about 120 miles long from north-west to south-east and its greatest breadth is under thirty miles: it is heavily glaci...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Laws, R. M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1953
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description South Georgia, one of the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands, lies in the South Atlantic Ocean between lats. 53° 50′ and 55° S. and longs. 35° 50′ and 38°15' W. The island is about 120 miles long from north-west to south-east and its greatest breadth is under thirty miles: it is heavily glacierized with an indented coastline and a backbone of high mountains rising to over 9000 ft.
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400048154 2025-01-16T21:42:53+00:00 The Elephant Seal industry at South Georgia Laws, R. M. 1953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400048154 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400048154 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 6, issue 46, page 746-754 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1953 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400048154 2024-02-08T08:33:41Z South Georgia, one of the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands, lies in the South Atlantic Ocean between lats. 53° 50′ and 55° S. and longs. 35° 50′ and 38°15' W. The island is about 120 miles long from north-west to south-east and its greatest breadth is under thirty miles: it is heavily glacierized with an indented coastline and a backbone of high mountains rising to over 9000 ft. Article in Journal/Newspaper Elephant Seal Polar Record South Atlantic Ocean Cambridge University Press Polar Record 6 46 746 754
spellingShingle General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Laws, R. M.
The Elephant Seal industry at South Georgia
title The Elephant Seal industry at South Georgia
title_full The Elephant Seal industry at South Georgia
title_fullStr The Elephant Seal industry at South Georgia
title_full_unstemmed The Elephant Seal industry at South Georgia
title_short The Elephant Seal industry at South Georgia
title_sort elephant seal industry at south georgia
topic General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
topic_facet General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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