The Waifs (Palmer Archipelago)
| The waifs | ||
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| Waters | Schollaert Canal | |
| archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 33 ′ S , 62 ° 42 ′ W | |
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The Waifs (English for the homeless ) are a group of islands in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are in the middle of the southeast entrance to the Schollaert Canal .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery discovered the archipelago. Her name first appears on a map based on surveys carried out by scientists from the British Discovery Investigations in 1927.
Web links
- The Waifs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Waifs on geographic.org (English)