Saffery Islands

Antarctica / Sector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK / Academician Vernadskiy - permanent station of the Ukraine /
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at NE end of Crystal Sound, W of Black Head, Graham Coast, including from W to E Fringe Rocks, Turtle Island, Marker Rock and Turnabout Island (q.v.), were photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Prospect Point", 1956-57; named after John Hugh Saffery (1907-85), Deputy Leader and Flying Manager, FIDASE, 1955-57 (APC, 1959a, p.11; BA chart 3570, 29.ix.1961). Islotes Tortuga [=turtle islets], so called by CAE in association with Turtle Island (q.v.) (Chile. DNH chart 1502, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.280). Islas Tortuga, as rejected form (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.280).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffery_Islands
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Coordinates:   66°4'56"S   65°47'15"W
This article was last modified 6 years ago