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...
| Published in: | Polar Record |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Cambridge University Press
1953
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| Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526983/ https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400048154 |
| Summary: | 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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