Bayard Islands
| Bayard Islands | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 57 ′ S , 63 ° 13 ′ W | |
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The Bayard Islands are a small group of islands off the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located 1.5 km northeast of Cape Willems in Gerlache-Strasse .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery mapped them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the French photography pioneer Hippolyte Bayard (1801–1887), inventor of the first direct positive process.
Web links
- Bayard Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bayard Islands on geographic.org (English)