McConnel Islands

McConnel Islands

McConnel Islands (66°29′S 65°51′W / 66.483°S 65.85°W / -66.483; -65.85) is an islands lying in Darbel Bay southeast of Kidd Islands, off the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1956-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for James C. McConnel (1860–1890), English physicist who made pioneer experiments on the plastic deformation of ice, both single and polycrystals, 1881-90.

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