Riddle Islands
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| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 39 ′ S , 64 ° 33 ′ W | |
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The Riddle Islands (English for puzzles Islands are) a group of islands off the Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Grandidier Channel , the islands are located in front of the southwestern end of Chavez Island and thus in front of the entrance to Bigo Bay .
Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) led by British polar explorer John Rymill mapped it for the first time. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1957 after the fact that the islands under the icebergs frozen in the surrounding sea ice are difficult to identify.
Web links
- Riddle Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Riddle Islands on geographic.org (English)