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    Jigsaw Islands

    Part of Palmer Archipelago

    The Jigsaw Islands are two small islands lying off the southwest end of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

    Overview

    The Jigsaw Islands are two small islands lying off the southwest end of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. One of the islands was used as a main triangulation station by the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1956–57, and by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in March 1957. The islands were so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee because of the difficulty with which the station was recovered, the surveyors piecing together the available information bit by bit to narrow down the exact spot on the island where the station had been established.

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    Census, cataloged

    Also in the area

    3

    Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level50 m100 m150 m128 mWednesday89 mBrown
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.010.1110Wednesday: 1.3 km²WednesdayBrown: 0.36 km²BrownUnnamed island: 0.02 km²Unnamed island
    km², log scale
    Wednesday Island1.3 km²
    Brown Island0.36 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia