Outcast Islands
| Outcast Islands | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 48 ′ S , 64 ° 8 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 2 | |
The Outcast Islands (from English outcast , 'expelled, banished, expelled' ) are a group of two small, 800 m apart islands and surrounding cliffs in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located 3 km southwest of Bonaparte Point off the southwest coast of Anvers Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1957 after its isolated location in relation to the other islands in the vicinity of Arthur Harbor .
Web links
- Outcast Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Outcast Islands on geographic.org (English)