Amiot Islands
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 36 ′ S , 69 ° 38 ′ W | |
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The Amiot Islands ( French Îles Amiot ) comprise two groups of islands and reef rocks , the Ward Islands and the Cumbers Reef , off the west coast of the West Antarctic Graham Land . They are located 14.5 km west of Cape Adriasola on Adelaide Island .
Participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Charcot discovered it. Charcot named her A. Amiot († 1910), engineer and director of the French L'Enterprise Montevideo , the Charcots research ship Pourquoi-Pas? repaired. In 1963 the Royal Navy's hydrographic surveying unit carried out an exact position determination.
Web links
- Amiot Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Amiot Islands on geographic.org (English)