Inaccessible Islands (South Orkney Islands)

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The Inaccessible Islands are a group of small precipituous islands ranging from 120 to 215 m high, the westernmost features of the South Orkney Islands, lying 20 miles west of Coronation Island. The Inaccessible Islands are located at 60°34′S, 46°44′W. The Inaccessible Islands were discovered in December 1821 by Captain George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop James Monroe, though it is possible they are the Seal Islands seen by Nathaniel Palmer a year earlier. So named by George Powell because of their appearance of inaccessibility. They are part of British Antarctic Territory.

[edit] See also

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

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