Léonie Islands
| Léonie Islands | ||
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| Waters | Ryder Bay | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 37 ′ S , 68 ° 17 ′ W | |
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| Main island | Léonie Island | |
The Léonie Islands are a group of small islands off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located in the entrance to Ryder Bay off the southeast coast of Adelaide Island .
Participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) discovered these islands. Its director, the French polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot , named the largest of them as Léonie Island . During the British Graham Land Expedition , led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill , this name was transferred to the entire archipelago.
Web links
- Léonie Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Léonie Islands on geographic.org (English)