Glinka Islands

Glinka Islands
Glinka Islands

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 69°23′S 72°17′W / 69.383°S 72.283°W / -69.383; -72.283Coordinates: 69°23′S 72°17′W / 69.383°S 72.283°W / -69.383; -72.283
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

The Glinka Islands are a small group of rocky islands in Lazarev Bay, Antarctica, immediately east of Rothschild Island. They were first photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41, and were mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, the Russian composer.[1]

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References

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


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