Close islands
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| Waters | Buchanan Bay , Southern Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 1 ′ S , 144 ° 27 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 3 | |
The Close Islands are a group of three small islands off the coast of the East Antarctic George V Land . They are located in the western section of the entrance to Buchanan Bay .
They were discovered by participants in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . Mawson named the group of islands after John Henry Collinson Close (1871-1949), a participant in the research trip.
Web links
- Close Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Close Islands on geographic.org