Karelin Islands
| Karelin Islands | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| archipelago | Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 35 ′ S , 65 ° 35 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Karelin Islands are a group of islands west of the Antarctic Peninsula . They extend in the archipelago of the Biscoe Islands over a length of 5 km and are located 5 km southeast of Tula Point on Renaud Island .
The islands are first shown on an Argentine map from 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the Soviet meteorologist Dmitri Borisowitsch Karelin (1913-1953), a pioneer of sea ice research and the development of predictions for its expansion.
Web links
- Karelin Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Karelin Islands on geographic.org (English)