Kirkwood Islands
| Kirkwood Islands | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| archipelago | Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 20 ′ S , 68 ° 59 ′ W | |
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The Kirkwood Islands are a group of scattered reefs and - cliffs in the center of Marguerite Bay off the Fallières coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located 24 km south-southwest of the Faure Islands .
Scientists from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey discovered them in 1949 while traveling on the RRS John Biscoe , which was also used to survey the islands the following year. It is named after Henry W. Kirkwood (1910–1977) of the Royal Navy , who was the captain of the research vessel at the time.
Web links
- Kirkwood Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kirkwood Islands on geographic.org (English)