Atherton Islands facts for kids

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Atherton Islands

Atherton Islands Location in Antarctica Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°6′S 58°59′W / 62.100°S 58.983°W / -62.100; -58.983
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

The Atherton Islands are two islands lying 4 kilometres (2 nmi) west-northwest of Bell Point, King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. They were charted by Discovery Investigations in 1934–35 and named after Noel Atherton, cartographer in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office at the time, later chief Civil Hydrographic Officer, 1951–62.

Images for kids

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  Williams Point, discovered on 19 February 1819

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  Fragment of George Powell's 1822 chart of the South Shetland Islands

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  Norwegian whaling boat, Half Moon Island

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  Ongal Peak, Tangra Mountains

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  Renier Point

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  South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. Astronaut photo, 2011

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  Elephant seals at Hannah Point

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  Devils Point, Livingston Island, with Morton Strait and Snow Island in the background, and Smith Island seen on the horizon on the right.

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  Warm volcanic bath at Port Foster, Deception Island

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  Chilean base Frei and Russian Bellingshausen (on the right)

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  Bulgarian base Ohridski

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  Camp Byers (International Field Camp)

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  Topographic map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands