Forge Islands
| Forge Islands | ||
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| Waters | French passage | |
| archipelago | Argentine Islands , Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 14 ′ S , 64 ° 17 ′ W | |
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The Forge Islands ( English for forging islands ) are a group of small islands off the west coast of the Antarctic Graham country . They are located northeast of the group The Barchans and 800 m northwest of Grotto Island in the group of Argentine islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago .
Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill mapped them and named them Horseshoe Islands . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee changed the name in 1959 to avoid confusion with the Horseshoe Islands off Square Bay . The renaming was based on the name of the Anvil Rock (English for anvil rock ).
Web links
- Forge Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Forge Islands on geographic.org (English)