Lajarte Islands

The Lajarte Islands (64°14′S 63°24′W) are a group of islands fringing the north coast of Anvers Island, close west of Cape Grönland and 1.5 km east-northeast of Lapteva Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

Location of Anvers Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

The islands were discovered by a German expedition under Eduard Dallmann, 1873–74. They were charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Captain Dufaure de Lajarte of the French Navy.[1]

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  1. "Lajarte Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-24.

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