Alamode Island facts for kids
This page is about the Antarctic island. For the pie dish, see Pie à la Mode.
 Alamode Island
Location in Antarctica
Location in Antarctica
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 68°43′S 67°32′W / 68.717°S 67.533°W |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
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| Population | Uninhabited |
Alamode Island, once known as Terra Firma Island, is the largest and southeasternmost of the Terra Firma Islands, with steep rocky cliffs surmounted by a rock and snow cone rising to 320 metres (1,050 ft), lying in Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land. First visited and surveyed by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Riddoch Rymill in 1936. So named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, following a 1948 resurvey, for its supposed resemblance to an à la mode confection (with a scoop of ice cream on it).
See also
In Spanish: Isla Alamode para niños
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