Latady Island

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Latady Island is a low ice-covered island, 35 miles long and more than 10 miles wide, lying 45 miles south of Charcot Island and west of Alexander Island. Latady Island is located at [70°45′S 74°35′W]. 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, and 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.

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