Amiot Islands

The Amiot Islands (67°36′S 69°38′W / 67.600°S 69.633°W / -67.600; -69.633Coordinates: 67°36′S 69°38′W / 67.600°S 69.633°W / -67.600; -69.633) are two groups of islands and rocks, the Ward Islands and Cumbers Reef, respectively, lying 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of Cape Adriasola, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. They were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, and were named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for A. Amiot, engineering director of the French Montevideo Co., Montevideo, Uruguay, which made repairs on the ship Pourquoi-Pas. The islands were more accurately charted by the British Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1963.^[1]

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Amiot Islands" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).