Haswell Islands

Haswell Islands
Haswell Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 66°32′S 93°0′E / 66.533°S 93.000°E / -66.533; 93.000Coordinates: 66°32′S 93°0′E / 66.533°S 93.000°E / -66.533; 93.000
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

The Haswell Islands are a group of rocky coastal islands lying off Mabus Point, Antarctica, and extending about 3 kilometres (1.5 nmi) seaward. They were charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson (1911–14), who applied the name "Rookery Islands" because of a large emperor penguin rookery on Haswell Island, the largest and seaward island in the group. In 1955 the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia proposed that the name Haswell be extended to the entire group.[1]

List of islands

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Haswell Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-30.

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