Cornish Islands

Cornish Islands
Cornish Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 66°59′S 67°28′W / 66.983°S 67.467°W / -66.983; -67.467Coordinates: 66°59′S 67°28′W / 66.983°S 67.467°W / -66.983; -67.467
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

The Cornish Islands are two small, snowcapped islands with a rock between them, lying 7.4 kilometres (4 nmi) south of Liard Island in Hanusse Bay, Graham Land. They were mapped from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–48) and the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–57). They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Vaughan Cornish (1863–1948), an English geographer who made pioneer investigations of snow drift forms in the years 1901–14.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cornish Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-26.

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