Early Islands

Early Islands

Early Islands Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Amundsen Sea, Antarctica
Coordinates	73°40′S 101°40′W / 73.667°S 101.667°W / -73.667; -101.667
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

The Early Islands (73°40′S 101°40′W / 73.667°S 101.667°W / -73.667; -101.667Coordinates: 73°40′S 101°40′W / 73.667°S 101.667°W / -73.667; -101.667) are a group of small islands lying just west of the Cosgrove Ice Shelf in the southeast corner of Ferrero Bay, Amundsen Sea. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Tommy Joe Early, a biologist with the Ellsworth Land Survey, 1968–69.^[1]

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

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