Amiot Islands

The Amiot Islands are two groups of islands and rocks, the Ward Islands and Cumbers Reef, lying 9 nautical miles west of Cape Adriasola, a headland of Adelaide Island, in the British Antarctic Territory.

The islands were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, and were named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for A. Amiot, engineering director of the French Montevideo Co., of Montevideo, Uruguay, which refitted his ship the Pourquoi-Pas in 1910.

The islands were recharted by Discovery Investigations in 1930-31 and by the British Graham Land Expedition in 1935-36. Following a survey by a Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit from John Biscoe in 1963, the islands were redefined with amended position.

Location

• Location: 67°36’-0"S, 69°36’58"W