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
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

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

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


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