Puzzle Islands
| Puzzle Islands | ||
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| Waters | Bay of Flanders | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 59 ′ S , 63 ° 39 ′ W | |
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The Puzzle Islands ( English for puzzle islands , in Argentina Islotes Mercurio ) are a group of small islands , cliffs and reef rocks off the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located 1.5 km west of Ménier Island at the entrance to the Bay of Flanders .
Participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot were the first to map them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the archipelago in 1958 because they are often obscured by icebergs that run aground in the shallows surrounding the islands . The name giver of the Argentine name is the frigate Mercurio of the Argentine Navy .
Web links
- Puzzle Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Puzzle Islands on geographic.org (English)