Parallactic Islands
| Parallactic Islands | ||
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| Waters | Holme Bay | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 32 ′ S , 62 ° 46 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 6th | |
| Main island | Parallactic Island | |
The Parallactic Islands (from English parallactic , parallactic, concerning the parallax ' ) are a group of six small islands off the Mawson coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . They are located between the Azimuth Islands and the Kellas Islands in Holme Bay .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it after Parallactic Island , the most northwestern island in this group.
Web links
- Parallactic Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Parallactic Islands on geographic.org (English)