Léonie Islands

The Léonie Islands are a group of small isles lying in the entrance of Ryder Bay, south-east of Adelaide Island in the British Antarctic Territory.

The islands include Léonie Island, Anchorage Island, Lagoon Island and Limpet Island.

These islands were charted in January 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition of 1908-1910, and were further charted by the British Graham Land Expedition in February 1936: it was then that the name of the largest island was applied to the whole group.

The islands were further surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Stonington Island in 1948-1950, and charted by a Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Endurance in the 1976-1977 season.

Location

• Location map: 67°36’38"S, 68°16’47"W