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Courtier Islands
The Courtier Islands are a group of about 24 small islands and rocks in Marguerite Bay, the highest reaching 30 metres (100 ft), lying close southwest of Emperor Island in the Dion Islands. The Dion Islands were first sighted and roughly mapped in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition.
Overview
The Courtier Islands are a group of about 24 small islands and rocks in Marguerite Bay, the highest reaching 30 metres (100 ft), lying close southwest of Emperor Island in the Dion Islands. The Dion Islands were first sighted and roughly mapped in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition. The Courtier Islands were visited and surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee because of their association with Emperor Island.
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Census, cataloged
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Unnamed island0.07 km²
- Unnamed island0.06 km²
- Unnamed island0.01 km²
- Unnamed island0.4 ha
- Unnamed island0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
Figures
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Unnamed island | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.06 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.4 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |