Dellbridge Islands
 From left to right: Tent, Inaccessible, Big Razorback and Little Razorback islands. | |
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 77°39′S 166°24′E / 77.650°S 166.400°ECoordinates: 77°39′S 166°24′E / 77.650°S 166.400°E |
| Archipelago | Ross Archipelago |
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None | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
The Dellbridge Islands are a group of four islands lying in the Antarctic,[1] just south of Cape Evans and Ross Island.
They are individually called Inaccessible Island, Tent Island, Big Razorback Island, and Little Razorback Island. They are named after James H Dellbridge who was Second Engineer on the Discovery Expedition 1900 - 1904, led by Robert Falcon Scott.
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
References
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- ↑ Fletcher; Lazarus Fletcher; Francis Jeffrey Bell (1907). Natural history; Volume 1 of Natural History: Voyage of the S.S. Discovery Under Capt. R.F. Scott,. University of California: British Museum (Natural History). p. 16.
- Dellbridge Islands from the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
External links
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Dellbridge Islands" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).