Berthelot Islands | |
Map: | Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula |
Location: | Antarctica |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
The Berthelot Islands are a group of rocky islands, the largest 2km (01miles) long, lying 3km (02miles) south-west of Deliverance Point, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. They were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for Marcellin Berthelot, a prominent French chemist.[1] One of the group, Green Island, is protected as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.108 because of its relatively luxuriant vegetation and large Antarctic shag colony.[2]