Cornish Islands

Cornish Islands (66°59′S 67°28′W / 66.983°S 67.467°W / -66.983; -67.467) is a two small, snowcapped islands with a rock between them, lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Liard Island in Hanusse Bay, Graham Land. Mapped from air photos obtained by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947–48) and Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956–57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Vaughan Cornish (1863–1948), English geographer who made pioneer investigations of snow drift forms, 1901-14.

See also

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Cornish Islands" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

This Graham Land location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Islands of Graham Land Loubet Coast Graham Land geography stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Cornish House Cussel an Tavas Kernuak Look at other dictionaries: Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge — Crosses Connecticut River Locale Cornish, New Hampshire to Windsor, Vermont …   Wikipedia Cornish Australian — Cornish Australians Ostralyon Kernow …   Wikipedia Cornish pilot gig — A lineup of gigs on St. Mary s, Isles of Scilly during the world pilot gig championships …   Wikipedia Cornish people — Cornishman redirects here. For the passenger train, see Cornishman (train). For the newspaper, see The Cornishman. Cornish people Kernowyon …   Wikipedia List of islands of the Bahamas — Islands of the Bahamas. A *Abaco Island *Abner Cay *Acklins Island *Adderley Cay *Alcorine Cay *Alder Cay *Allan Cays *Allans Cay *Ambergris Cay(s) *Anderson Cay *Andros Island *Angel Cays *Angle and Fish Cay *Anguila Islands *Anna Cay *Arawak… …   Wikipedia Timeline of Cornish history — NOTOC This timeline summarizes significant events in the History of Cornwall. Cornwall s earliest recorded history pre dates the Roman invasions and conquests of Britain. In the Iron Age Cornwall was part of the Celtic Kingdom of Dumnonia. It is… …   Wikipedia Channel Islands — This article is about the British Crown dependencies. For the islands off Southern California, see Channel Islands of California. For the French Channel Islands, see Chausey. The Channel Islands, located between the south coast of the United… …   Wikipedia Anglo-Cornish — For the Celtic language spoken in Cornwall, see Cornish language. Anglo Cornish, Cornish Dialect, Cornu English, Cornish English Spoken in United Kingdom Region Cornwall Native speakers unknown  (date missing) …   Wikipedia Odd Fellows-Rebekah Hall (Cornish, Maine) — Odd Fellows Rebekah Hall U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia Falkland Islands — Falklands and Malvinas redirect here. For other uses of Falklands, see Falkland (disambiguation). For other uses of Malvinas, see Malvinas (disambiguation). Falkland Islands …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”