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| − | |name=Liege island
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| − | |territory=British Antarctic Territory
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| − | |group=Palmer Archipelago
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| − | |map=Ant-pen-map-Liege.PNG
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| − | |map caption=Location of Liege Island
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| − | |latitude=-64.019444
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| − | |longitude=-61.933333
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| − | '''Liege Island''' is an island, 9 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide, in the [[Palmer Archipelago]], off [[Graham Land]] in the [[British Antarctic Territory]]. It lies immediately northeast of [[Brabant Island]] and is separated from [[Hoseason Island]] and [[Christiania Islands]] to the northeast by [[Croker Passage]]. Its interior is occupied by [[Brugmann Mountains]].
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| − | The island was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897–1899) under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it for the Province of Liège in Belgium.<ref>[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=128015 Liège Island.] SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.</ref>
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| − | ==Maps==
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| − | *[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=3198 British Antarctic Territory.] Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978.
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| − | *[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=3217 British Antarctic Territory.] Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
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| − | *[http://www.add.scar.org/home Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2012.
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| − | ==Outside links==
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| − | *[http://usarc.usgs.gov/ant-ogc-viewer/viewer.htm U.S. Geological Survey, Atlas of Antarctic Research]
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| − | ==References==
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