Gosling Islands

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Gosling Islands
Map of the South Orkney Islands with the Gosling Islands immediately off the south coast of the western end of Coronation Island
Map of the South Orkney Islands with the Gosling Islands immediately off the south coast of the western end of Coronation Island
Waters Weddell Sea
archipelago South Orkney Islands
Geographical location 60 ° 39 ′  S , 45 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 60 ° 39 ′  S , 45 ° 55 ′  W
Gosling Islands (Antarctica)
Gosling Islands
Residents uninhabited

The Gosling Islands are a dispersed group of islands and cliff rocks in the archipelago of the Southern Orkney Islands . They are located immediately south and west of Meier Point off the south coast of Coronation Island .

The Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle roughly mapped them during his visit to the South Orkney Islands from 1912 to 1913. He first named them Gestlingen , later corrected this to Gjeslingene (Norwegian for goose chicks ). The translation of this name into English by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1955 is now considered established.

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