Moe Island
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Moe Island is an island
1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long separated from the southwest end of Signy Island
by Fyr Channel
, in the South Orkney Islands
. Charted by Captain Petter Sorlle, 1912–13, and named after M. Thoralf Moe of Sandefjord, Norway, a contemporary whaling captain who worked in this area.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long separated from the southwest end of Signy Island
Signy Island
Signy Island is a small sub-antarctic island in the South Orkney Islands group locted at . It is about long and wide and rises to above sea level. Much of the island is permanently covered with ice. The average temperature range is to about in winter...
by Fyr Channel
Fyr Channel
Fyr Channel is a channel 0.2 nautical miles wide between the southwest end of Signy Island and Moe Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The name Fyr Strait appears on a manuscript chart drawn by Captain Petter Sorlle in 1912, and corrected by Hans Borge in 1913, but the generic term channel is...
, in the South Orkney Islands
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They have a total area of about ....
. Charted by Captain Petter Sorlle, 1912–13, and named after M. Thoralf Moe of Sandefjord, Norway, a contemporary whaling captain who worked in this area.