Henkes Islands

The Henkes Islands are a group of small islands and rocks in extent, lying southwest of Avian Island, close off the southern extremity of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. ^[1]

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1. 13 relations: Adelaide Island, Antarctic Treaty System, Antarctica, Avian Island, British Antarctic Survey, Crosse Passage, Falkland Islanders, French Antarctic Expedition, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Punta Arenas, RRS John Biscoe (1956), UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee.

2. Islands of Adelaide Island

Adelaide Island

Adelaide Island is a large, mainly ice-covered island, long and wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Henkes Islands and Adelaide Island are islands of Adelaide Island.

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Antarctic Treaty System

The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Avian Island

Avian Island is an island, long and high, lying close off the south tip of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Henkes Islands and Avian Island are Adelaide Island geography stubs and islands of Adelaide Island.

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British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.

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Crosse Passage

Crosse Passage is a small passage leading southeast from Adelaide Anchorage between the Henkes Islands and the Skeen Rocks, off the south end of Adelaide Island. Henkes Islands and Crosse Passage are Adelaide Island geography stubs.

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Falkland Islanders

Falkland Islanders, also called FalklandersChater, Tony.

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French Antarctic Expedition

The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.

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Jean-Baptiste Charcot

Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot, better known in France as Commandant Charcot, (15 July 1867 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris – 16 September 1936 at sea (30 miles north-west of Reykjavik, Iceland), was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893).

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List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands.

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Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas (historically known as Sandy Point in English) is the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antarctica Chilena.

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RRS John Biscoe (1956)

The RRS John Biscoe was a supply and research vessel used by the British Antarctic Survey between 1956 and 1991.

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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).

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See also

Islands of Adelaide Island

• Adelaide Island
• Amiot Islands
• Anchorage Island (Antarctica)
• Avian Island
• Brockhamp Islands
• Chatos Islands
• Cono Island
• Dion Islands
• Embassy Islands
• Esplin Islands
• Ginger Islands
• Guébriant Islands
• Henkes Islands
• Jenny Island (Marguerite Bay)
• Killingbeck Island
• Kirsty Island
• Koechlin Island
• Léonie Island
• Léonie Islands
• Lagoon Island
• Limpet Island
• Mikkelsen Islands
• Rigsby Islands
• Rocca Islands
• Ryder Bay Islands Important Bird Area
• Sillard Islands
• Solus Island
• Sorge Island
• Steinemann Island
• Ward Islands
• Webb Island

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henkes_Islands

Also known as Biggs Island, Crouch Island, Dean Rocks, Preston Island (Antarctica), Worth Reef.

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