Candlemas Islands

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Coordinates: 57°5′S 26°44′W

The Candlemas Islands (Spanish: Islas Candelaria) are a group of small uninhabited islands lying at the northern end of the South Sandwich Islands, 23 miles southeast of Visokoi Island. They consist of Candlemas Island itself (57°05′S 26°39′W), Vindication Island (57°06′S 26°47′W) and numerous rocks.

The Candlemas Islands were discovered on February 2, 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook, who named them to commemorate the day of their discovery.

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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia Islands: Annenkov Island • Bird Island • Clerke Rocks • Cooper Island • Grass Island • Pickersgill Islands • Shag Rocks • South Georgia • Willis Islands South Sandwich Islands: Bellingshausen • Bristol • Candlemas • Cook • Leskov • Montagu • Saunders • Thule • Vindication • Visokoi • Zavodovski