60°34′S 46°44′W
Inaccessible Islands
Part of South Orkney Islands
The Inaccessible Islands ("Islas Inaccesibles" in Spanish) are a group of small precipitous islands ranging from 120 to 215 m (394 to 705 ft) high, the westernmost features of the South Orkney Islands, lying 20 km (12 mi) west of Coronation Island in Antarctica.
Overview
The Inaccessible Islands ("Islas Inaccesibles" in Spanish) are a group of small precipitous islands ranging from 120 to 215 m (394 to 705 ft) high, the westernmost features of the South Orkney Islands, lying 20 km (12 mi) west of Coronation Island in Antarctica. They were discovered in December 1821 by Captain George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop James Monroe, though it is possible they are the "Seal Islands" seen by Nathaniel Palmer a year earlier. The islands were so named by Powell because of their appearance of inaccessibility. They are considered part of the British Antarctic Territory by the United Kingdom and part of the Province of Tierra del Fuego by Argentina.
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Census, cataloged
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Unnamed island0.51 km²
- Unnamed island0.22 km²
- Unnamed island0.07 km²
- Unnamed island0.05 km²
- Unnamed island0.02 km²
- Unnamed island0.02 km²
- Unnamed island0.01 km²
- Unnamed island0.01 km²
- Unnamed island0.9 ha
- Unnamed island0.5 ha
- Unnamed island0.4 ha
- Unnamed island0.3 ha
Figures
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Unnamed island | 0.51 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.22 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.9 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.4 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |