Atherton Islands
| Atherton Islands | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 5 ′ S , 58 ° 56 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 2 | |
The Atherton Islands consist of two small islands in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . They are 3 km west-northwest of Bell Point on King George Island .
They were mapped and named between 1934 and 1935 by participants in the British Discovery Investigations . It is named after Noel Atherton (1899–1987), then a cartographer in the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office and later head hydrograph of this institution between 1951 and 1952.
Web links
- Atherton Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Atherton Islands on geographic.org