Ward Islands

This article is about the island group in Antarctica. For the island group in South Australia, see Ward Islands (South Australia).

Ward Islands (67°38′S 69°35′W) is a group of two small islands and off-lying rocks forming the southern part of the Amiot Islands, off the southwest part of Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Herbert G.V. Ward, chief engineer of RRS John Biscoe, 1948–1962, which ship assisted the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit which charted this group in 1963.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Ward Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.