Wideopen Islands
| Wideopen Islands | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| archipelago | Joinville Islands ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 0 ′ S , 55 ° 49 ′ W | |
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The Wide Open Islands (from English wide open , wide open, gaping wide ' ) are a group of islands and cliffs in the group of Joinville Islands off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are 11 km north of Boreal Point on Joinville Island .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys between 1953 and 1954. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after its exposed and isolated geographical location on the south side of Bransfield Street .
Web links
- Wide Open Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wideopen Islands on geographic.org (English)