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Dunbar Islands

Dunbar Islands

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Not to be confused with Dunbar Island.

The Dunbar Islands are a small group of islands lying off Varna Peninsula southwest of Williams Point, the northeast extremity of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica comprising the islands of Aspis, Balsha, Melyane, Pogledets and Zavala, and several minor islets and rocks. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

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

The islands are named after Captain Thomas Dunbar, Master of the American sealing schooner Free Gift which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–21.

Location

The midpoint of the group is located at 62°28′10″S 60°10′40″W (British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

  • L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

See also

Dunbar Islands (in the foreground) from Miziya Peak, Livingston Island, with Williams Point on the right and Zed Islands in the background


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