Moyes Islands

Moyes Islands

Moyes Islands Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°1′S 143°51′E / 67.017°S 143.850°E / -67.017; 143.850Coordinates: 67°1′S 143°51′E / 67.017°S 143.850°E / -67.017; 143.850
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Moyes Islands is a group of small islands lying in the west part of Watt Bay, 4.6 kilometres (2.5 nmi) southeast of Cape-Pigeon Rocks. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named them for Morton H. Moyes who served as meteorologist with the expedition.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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