Rigsby Islands
| Rigsby Islands | ||
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| Waters | Matha Street | |
| archipelago | Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 39 ′ S , 67 ° 39 ′ W | |
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The Rigsby Islands are a small group of icy islands off the northeast coast of Adelaide Island in the archipelago of West Antarctic Adelaide and Biscoe Islands . They are 3 km south of the Sillard Islands in Matha Strait .
Aerial photographs of the US Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948) and the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–1957) were used to map them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the US geologist George Pierce Rigsby (1915-2009), a recognized expert in the study of crystal structures and the plasticity of ice .
Web links
- Rigsby Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rigsby Islands on geographic.org (English)