Triad Islands
| Triad Islands | ||
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| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 36 ′ S , 64 ° 27 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 3 | |
The Triad Islands (from English triad 'Dreiklang, Dreiergruppe, Triad' ) are a group of three small islands off the Graham coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located 2.5 km east of Chavez Island .
Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) led by British polar explorer John Rymill mapped it for the first time. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee descriptively named them in 1959.
Web links
- Triad Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Triad Islands on geographic.org (English)