Edwards Islands (Amundsen Sea)
| Edwards Islands | ||
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| Waters | Amundsen Sea ( Southern Ocean ) | |
| Geographical location | 73 ° 53 ′ S , 103 ° 8 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 20th | |
The Edwards Islands are a group of around 20 small and mostly ice-free islands off the Walgreen coast of West Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Amundsen Sea they are located off the southwest tip of the Canisteo Peninsula .
Aerial photographs of the United States Navy's VX-6 squadron from January 1960 were used for its training. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in the same year after Z. T. Edwards (1919-1996), quartermaster of the icebreaker USS Glacier , which operated in the area in February 1960.
Web links
- Edwards Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Edwards Islands on geographic.org (English)