Haswell Islands Explained

Haswell Islands
Map:Antarctica
Location:Antarctica
Coordinates:-66.5333°N 93°W
Population:Uninhabited
Country:None
Treaty System:Antarctic Treaty System

The Haswell Islands are a group of rocky coastal islands lying off Mabus Point, Antarctica, and extending about 1.50NaN0 seaward. They were charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson (1911–14), who applied the name "Rookery Islands" because of a large emperor penguin rookery on Haswell Island, the largest and seaward island in the group. In 1955 the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia proposed that the name Haswell be extended to the entire group.

List of islands

See also