Hobbs Islands

Hobbs Islands

Hobbs Islands Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°19′S 59°58′E / 67.317°S 59.967°E / -67.317; 59.967Coordinates: 67°19′S 59°58′E / 67.317°S 59.967°E / -67.317; 59.967
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

The Hobbs Islands are a group of islands 19 kilometres (10 nmi) northeast of William Scoresby Bay, Antarctica. The largest island of this group was discovered on February 18, 1931, by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Mawson who thought it to be a cape and called it "Cape Hobbs" for Professor William H. Hobbs. Later exploration by the William Scoresby expedition (1936) and the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37) showed it to be part of an island group.^[1]

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Hobbs Islands" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).