Øygarden Group is a group of rocky, irregular islands in Antarctica which extends about in an east–west direction, lying in the southern part of the entrance to

Edward VIII Bay Edward VIII Bay is a bay about in extent, located between Edward VIII Plateau (a dome-shaped, ice-covered peninsula near Magnet Bay) and the Øygarden Group of islands in Antarctica. The head of the bay is occupied by the Edward VIII Ice Shel ...

. First sighted in February 1936 by

Discovery Investigations The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, ...

personnel on the RSS ''William Scoresby'', and considered by them to be part of the mainland. They were charted as islands by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the

Lars Christensen Expedition Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was bo ...

in January–February 1937, and named Øygarden, a descriptive term for a protective chain of islands lying along and off the coast.

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Islands of Kemp Land {{KempLand-geo-stub