- Sheelagh Islands
Sheelagh Islands (coord|66|32|S|50|12|E|) is a group of small islands lying 3 miles (4.8 km) south of
Cape Kolosov , near the mouth ofAmundsen Bay inEnderby Land . They were possibly the site of the landing from an aircraft byRiiser-Larsen onDecember 22 ,1929 . An ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions ) party landed on them onFebruary 14 ,1958 . Named byAntarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for the wife ofR.H.J. Thompson ,Administrative Officer of theAntarctic Division and second-in-command of the expedition.See also
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List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands
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