The Adolph Islands are a group of small islands and rocks off northwest Watkins Island, in the Biscoe Islands. Mapped from air photos by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956–57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the American Edward F. Adolph, Professor of Physiology, University of Rochester, 1948–60, who specialized in the reactions of the human body to cold.[1]
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 66°19′S 67°11′W / 66.317°S 67.183°W |
Archipelago | Biscoe Islands |
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Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System |
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edit- ^ "Adolph Islands". Composite Gazeteer of Antarctica. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Adolph Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.