Paul Islands
| Paul Islands | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| archipelago | Palmer Archipelago ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 17 ′ S , 63 ° 43 ′ W | |
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The Paul Islands are a group of islands in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . They extend northwest of Quinton Point over a length of 5 km off the northwest coast of Anvers Island .
The German polar explorer Eduard Dallmann discovered and named it during his Antarctic expedition (1873–1874) the Groenland . The further naming background has not been passed down.
Web links
- Paul Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Paul Islands on geographic.org (English)