Laseron Islands
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| Waters | Commonwealth Bay , Southern Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 59 ′ S , 142 ° 48 ′ E | |
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The Laseron Islands are a chain of small, icy and rocky islands off the George V coast in the Australian Antarctic Territory . They are located 5 km east of Cape Denison in the Commonwealth Bay .
Participants in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914), led by the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson, discovered the islands. Mawson named it after Charles Francis LaserOn (1887-1959), a taxidermist in this expedition.
Web links
- LaserOn Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Laseron Islands on geographic.org (English)