Stroiteley Islands
| Stroiteley Islands | ||
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| Waters | Davissee , Southern Ocean | |
| archipelago | Haswell Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 33 ' S , 92 ° 58' E | |
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| Number of islands | 4th | |
The Stroiteley Islands ( Russian Острова Строителей Ostrowa Stroitelei , German 'Builder Islands' ) are a chain of around four islands facing north-south off the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Marie Land . They are 1.5 km west of Mabus Point in the southern section of the Haswell Islands .
The American cartographer Gardner Dean Blodgett (* 1925) mapped it in 1955 using aerial photographs of Operation Highjump (1946–1947). Soviet scientists took more aerial photos in 1956 and made the naming. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred this designation in 1968 in a partial translation into English.
Web links
- Stroiteley Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stroiteley Islands on geographic.org (English)