Esplin Islands

Esplin Islands

Esplin Islands Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°45′S 69°0′W / 67.750°S 69.000°W / -67.750; -69.000
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

The Esplin Islands are a group of two small islands and off-lying rocks lying northeast of Box Reef, off the south end of Adelaide Island. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Sub. Lieutenant Christopher J. Esplin Jones, Royal Navy, a member of the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit which charted this group in 1962–63.^[1]

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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