William Scoresby Archipelago
| William Scoresby Archipelago | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 20 ′ S , 59 ° 45 ′ E | |
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| Main island | Islay | |
The William Scoresby Archipelago comprises a group of islands off the Mawson coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . These extend east of William Scoresby Bay over a length of 22 km. The main islands of the archipelago are the Klakkane Archipelago , the Warnock Islands , Couling Island , the Sheehan Islands , Islay , Bertha Island , Hum Island , Dales Island and Farrington Island .
Most of these islands were discovered in February 1936 by scientists from the British Discovery Investigations aboard the research vessel RRS William Scoresby . The archipelago was named after the name of this ship, which was named after the British navigator and Arctic explorer William Scoresby (1789-1857).
Web links
- William Scoresby Archipelago in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- William Scoresby Archipelago on geographic.org (English)