Refuge Islands

Refuge Islands (68°21′S 67°10′W / 68.350°S 67.167°W / -68.350; -67.167Coordinates: 68°21′S 67°10′W / 68.350°S 67.167°W / -68.350; -67.167) is a small group of islands lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) from the ice cliffs at the southwest side of Red Rock Ridge, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered and named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934–37, who used these islands as a depot for sledge journeys south from the southern base in the Debenham Islands.

See also

List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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