The South Orkney Islands lie roughly 650km north-east of the Antarctic Peninsula and 1250km south-east of South America. A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British ...

The South Orkney Islands have been part of the British Antarctic Territory since 1962, and prior to this the islands were a Falkland Islands Dependency. Under the 1959 Antarctic Treaty however ...

It is near the South Orkney Islands, which is located approximately 375 miles northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Each day, ...

In the process, they have also found an explanation for the mysterious discovery of ancient material from Antarctica near South Orkney, an island to the southwest of South Georgia. Ice caps grow ...

The red star indicates the position of South Orkney during the late Eocene (37 million years ago). The blue regions indicate where Antarctica may have had land ice at the time. The grey and light ...

Then this spring it started spinning, becoming trapped in an ocean current near the South Orkney Islands. Now, it's run into the continental shelf roughly 50 miles from South Georgia Island ...

This spring, its progression hit a snag when it began spinning about in place, caught in a current known as a Taylor column near the South Orkney Islands. Advertising Escaping after several months ...

Orkney Islands Council was asked for its views as a statutory consultee last year. Councillors said a number of issues would need to be resolved through the planning process, including community ...

In 2024, the icy colossus then got stuck again, spinning in one spot for several months just north of the South Orkney Island. But in December 2024 it broke free once more and continued its ...

Stromness in the Orkney Islands, Scotland ... perhaps with a ferry to Hoy or a drive over to South Ronaldsay, is enough for a few days; for longer visits you might fly or take a ferry to Papa ...