Eklund Islands
The Eklund Islands (73°16′S 71°50′W / 73.267°S 71.833°W) are a group of islands which rise through the ice near the southwest end of George VI Sound towards the south of the Antarctic Peninsula.
The largest island, 5 nautical miles (9 km) in extent and rising to 410 metres (1,350 ft), was discovered in December 1940 by
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey sledged to the southwest part of George VI Sound in 1949, at which time, because of a recession of the ice in the sound, they were able to determine that the island discovered by Ronne and Eklund is the largest of a group of mainly ice-covered islands. On the basis of the original discovery, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names recommends that the name Eklund be applied to the island group rather than the single island discovered by Ronne and Eklund.[1]
References
- ^ "Eklund Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Eklund Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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