Fish Islands

Fish Islands
Waters	Holtedahl Bay
Geographical location	66 ° 1 ′  S , 65 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 66 ° 1 ′  S , 65 ° 24 ′  W
Main island	Flounder Island

The Fish Islands ( English for fish Islands ) are a group of small islands off the Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located in the northern section of Holtedahl Bay . The following islands belong to them:

• Flounder Island
• Mackerel Island
• Perch Island
• Plaice Island
• Salmon Island
• Trout Island
• The Minnows

The archipelago was discovered and named during the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill .

Web links

• Fish Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Fish Islands on geographic.org (English)