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Consort Islands

Coordinates: 67°52′S 68°42′W / 67.867°S 68.700°W / -67.867; -68.700
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Consort Islands
Consort Islands is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Consort Islands
Consort Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates67°52′S 68°42′W / 67.867°S 68.700°W / -67.867; -68.700
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

The Consort Islands are two small islands in Marguerite Bay, lying 1 kilometre (0.5 nmi) northeast of Emperor Island in the Dion Islands. The Dion Islands were first sighted and roughly charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition. The Consort Islands were surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee because of their association with Emperor Island.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Consort Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 21 November 2011.

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