Douglas Islands (Douglas Islands)
The Douglas Islands are two small islands 12 nmi northwest of Cape Daly, and 3 nmi north of Andersen Island, as well as 4 nmi north-east of Child Rocks, which are both part of the Robinson Group. The islands lie off the coast of Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica.
They were discovered by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Douglas Mawson, 1929–1931, and named for Vice-Admiral Percy Douglas, then hydrographer of the Royal Navy. The islands were first sighted during an aircraft flight from the RRS Discovery on December 31, 1929, and reported to lie at about -66.66667°N, 64.5°W, but after the 1931 voyage they were placed at -67.33333°N, 63.53333°W.
In 1956, an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions sledge party led by P.W. Crohn was unable to find them in this position, but found two uncharted islands farther south to which the name has now been applied.
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They were discovered by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Douglas Mawson, 1929–1931, and named for Vice-Admiral Percy Douglas, then hydrographer of the Royal Navy. The islands were first sighted during an aircraft flight from the RRS Discovery on December 31, 1929, and reported to lie at about -66.66667°N, 64.5°W, but after the 1931 voyage they were placed at -67.33333°N, 63.53333°W.
In 1956, an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions sledge party led by P.W. Crohn was unable to find them in this position, but found two uncharted islands farther south to which the name has now been applied.
* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
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Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14200000 km2. Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km.
Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and it has the highest average elevation. It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over 200 mm along the coast and far less inland. About 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica, which, if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost 60 m. Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, −89.2 C. The coastal regions can reach temperatures over 10 C in summer. Native species of animals include mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades. Where vegetation occurs, it is mostly in the form of lichen or moss.
Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and it has the highest average elevation. It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over 200 mm along the coast and far less inland. About 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica, which, if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost 60 m. Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, −89.2 C. The coastal regions can reach temperatures over 10 C in summer. Native species of animals include mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades. Where vegetation occurs, it is mostly in the form of lichen or moss.