Schaefer Islands
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| Waters | Amundsen lake | |
| Geographical location | 73 ° 40 ′ S , 103 ° 24 ′ W | |
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The Schaefer Islands are a small group of islands off the Walgreen coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . The islands are located immediately northwest of the Canisteo Peninsula and 3 km southwest of the Lindsey Islands .
Aerial photographs of the US American Operation Highjump (1946–1947) were used to map them. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1970 after William A. Schaefer, a geologist who explored the Ellsworthland.
Web links
- Schaefer Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Schaefer Islands on geographic.org (English)