Consort Islands

Consort Islands
Consort Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°52′S 68°42′W / 67.867°S 68.700°W / -67.867; -68.700Coordinates: 67°52′S 68°42′W / 67.867°S 68.700°W / -67.867; -68.700
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

The Consort Islands are two small islands in Marguerite Bay, lying 1 kilometre (0.5 nmi) northeast of Emperor Island in the Dion Islands. The Dion Islands were first sighted and roughly charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition. The Consort Islands were surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee because of their association with Emperor Island.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Consort Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-21.

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