The Barchans
| The Barchans | ||
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| Waters | French passage | |
| archipelago | Argentine islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 14 ′ S , 64 ° 19 ′ W | |
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The Barchans are a group of small, snow-capped islands off the Graham Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . They mark the western end of the group of Argentine islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago .
The islands were mapped during the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . It is named after snowdrifts on the islands, which are reminiscent of sickle dunes (also called barchans ).
Web links
- The Barchans in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Barchans on geographic.org (English)