Consort Islands
| Consort Islands | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| archipelago | Dion Islands , Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 52 ′ S , 68 ° 41 ′ W | |
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The Consort Islands (English for companions island are) two small islands in Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the West Antarctic Graham Lands . They are located 800 m northeast of Emperor Island in the group of Dion Islands .
They were discovered and mapped in 1909 during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyed the islands in 1948. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them on March 31, 1955.
Web links
- Consort Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Consort Islands on geographic.org (English)