Gaston Islands
| Gaston Islands | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 29 ′ S , 61 ° 50 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 2 | |
The Gaston Islands are two islands off the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . They are 1.5 km northwest of the tip of the Reclus Peninsula .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery mapped them when they landed on January 28, 1898 on one of the two islands. De Gerlache named this as Îlot Gaston after his brother Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery (1867-1915). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee decided in 1960 to extend the name to both islands.
Web links
- Gaston Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gaston Islands on geographic.org (English)