Macey Islands
| Macey Islands | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
| archipelago | Robinson group | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 26 ′ S , 63 ° 49 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 2 | |
The Macey Islands are two small islands off the Mawson coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the Robinson group , they are 3 km south of the Auster Islands .
Scientists from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) built a refuge on one of the two islands in 1971. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them after Louis Edward "Lem" Macey (1911-1986), who was involved in an ANARE campaign in the area in 1957.
Web links
- Macey Islands in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)