Adolph Islands
  Location in Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 66°19′S 67°11′W / 66.317°S 67.183°WCoordinates: 66°19′S 67°11′W / 66.317°S 67.183°W |
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The Adolph Islands are a group of small islands and rocks off northwest Watkins Island, in the Biscoe Islands. Mapped from air photos by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956–57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the American Edward F. Adolph, Professor of Physiology, University of Rochester, 1948–60, who specialized in the reactions of the human body to cold.[1]
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