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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024South′ Shet′land Is′lands, - Place Namesa group of islands in the British Antarctic Territory, N of the Antarctic Peninsula: formerly a dependency of the Falkland Islands;
claimed by Argentina and Chile.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: South Shetland Islands pl n - a group of uninhabited islands in the S Atlantic, north of the Antarctic Peninsula: formerly a dependency of the Falkland Islands; part of British Antarctic Territory since 1962. (Claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty). Area: 4662 sq km (1800 sq miles)
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