Moyes Islands
  Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 67°1′S 143°51′E / 67.017°S 143.850°ECoordinates: 67°1′S 143°51′E / 67.017°S 143.850°E |
| Administration | |
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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.
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