Kellas Islands

Kellas Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°33′S 62°46′E / 67.550°S 62.767°E / -67.550; 62.767Coordinates: 67°33′S 62°46′E / 67.550°S 62.767°E / -67.550; 62.767
Country
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Kellas Islands are two small islands 1 kilometre (0.5 nmi) south of the Parallactic Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. They were plotted from photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1958 and 1959, and were named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for William Robert Anthony Kellas, a weather observer at Mawson Station in 1960.[1]

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References

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


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