Beaumont Skerries
| Beaumont Skerries | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 46 ′ S , 64 ° 19 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | > 2 | |
The Beaumont Skerries ( English for Beaumont archipelago ) comprise two small islands and various reef rocks 1.5 km east of the Joubin Islands off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1975 after Malcolm J. Beaumont, electrical engineer on the RV Hero research vessel on its first Antarctic voyage, which reached Palmer Station on Christmas Eve 1968 .
Web links
- Beaumont Skerries in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Beaumont Skerries on geographic.org (English)