Aviation Islands
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| Waters | Somow Lake , Southern Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 16 ′ S , 158 ° 47 ′ E | |
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The Aviation Islands ( Russian Острова Полярной Авиаций Ostrowa Polyarnoi Aviazi , German 'Islands of polar aviation' ) are a group of small, rocky islands off the Oates coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . They are 3 miles north of Cape Kinsey and the Wilson Hills .
Soviet scientists made a mapping in 1958 and named the archipelago . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the name into English in 1964. The islands belong to the breeding areas of the Adelie penguins .
Web links
- Aviation Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Aviation Islands on geographic.org (English)