Amiot Islands

Amiot Islands

Amiot Islands Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°36′S 69°38′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

The Amiot Islands are two groups of islands and rocks, the Ward Islands and Cumbers Reef, respectively, lying 17 kilometres (9 nmi) 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.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Amiot Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.