Boree Islands

Boree Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°41′S 45°20′E / 67.683°S 45.333°E / -67.683; 45.333Coordinates: 67°41′S 45°20′E / 67.683°S 45.333°E / -67.683; 45.333
Country
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

The Boree Islands (67°41′S 45°20′E / 67.683°S 45.333°E / -67.683; 45.333) are two small islands 4 kilometres (2 nmi) west of Point Widdows, Enderby Land. They were plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia after "boree", a vernacular name for some species of acacia found in Australia.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Boree Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-08-02.

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


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