Hydrographer Islands
| Hydrographer Islands | ||
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| Waters | Khmara Bay | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 23 ′ S , 48 ° 50 ′ E | |
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The Hydrographer Islands ( Russian Острова Гидрографов Ostrowa Hydrografow , German , hydrographer islands ' ) are a distinctive group of islands off the coast of the East Antarctic Enderbylands . They are located on Khmara Bay immediately south of the Sakellari Peninsula .
Participants of a Soviet Antarctic expedition, which the group also named, photographed them in March 1957. Further aerial photographs were taken in December 1957 during a campaign as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the Russian designation into English in 1965.
Web links
- Hydrographer Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hydrographer Islands on geographic.org (English)