The South Orkney Islands lie roughly 650km north-east of the Antarctic Peninsula and 1250km south-east of South America. A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British ...

The South Orkney Islands have been part of the British Antarctic Territory since 1962, and prior to this the islands were a Falkland Islands Dependency. Under the 1959 Antarctic Treaty however ...

It is near the South Orkney Islands, which is located approximately 375 miles northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Each day, the iceberg rotates about 15 degrees. "It's basically just sitting ...

Scientists have just issued warnings about a large iceberg that is on a path that takes it directly toward the South Georga Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. This massive iceberg is currently ...

The medals feature a representation of Orkney's standing stones The medals for the first International Island Games to be held in Orkney will feature an image of the islands' famous standing stones.

The Orkney Islands are rich in prehistoric sites ... I went north through a chain of islands linked by causeways—South Ronaldsay, Burray, Glimps Holm, Lamb Holm, the Mainland—until I came ...

The medals for the first International Island Games to be held in Orkney will feature an image of the islands' famous standing stones. Jodie Brown, 23, from Kirkwall, designed the medals and won a ...