Wideopen_Islands

Wideopen Islands

Wideopen Islands

Group of islands in Antarctica

The Wideopen Islands (63°0′S 55°49′W) are a group of islands and rocks lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Boreal Point, Joinville Island, in Antarctica. Roughly surveyed from a distance by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953–54. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 because of their exposed, isolated position on the south side of Bransfield Strait.

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The islands are habitat for Adélie, chinstrap, and gentoo penguins.[1]

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  1. [1]
    Wethington, Michael; Flynn, Clare; Borowicz, Alex; Lynch, Heather J. (13 February 2023). "Adélie penguins north and east of the 'Adélie gap' continue to thrive in the face of dramatic declines elsewhere in the Antarctic Peninsula region". Scientific Reports. 13 (1): 2525. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-29465-4. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 9923640.

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