Vedel Islands

Vedel Islands (65°7′S 64°15′W / 65.117°S 64.250°W / -65.117; -64.250Coordinates: 65°7′S 64°15′W / 65.117°S 64.250°W / -65.117; -64.250) is a group of small islands lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Hovgaard Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago. The largest island of this group was discovered in 1898 and given the name Vedel by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache. The French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot charted the remaining islands in 1904, and again in 1909, when the name was extended to include the entire group.

See also

List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, November 21, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.