The Fish Islands () are a group of small islands lying in the northern part of the entrance to

Holtedahl Bay Holtedahl Bay () is a bay, long in a northwest–southeast direction and averaging wide, between Velingrad Peninsula and Stresher Peninsula along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. The bay is entered southwest of Prospect Point and north ...

, off the west coast of

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and ...

, Antarctica. They were discovered and named by the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934–37, under

John Rymill John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

. The Fish Islands are between Crystal Sound to the south and Grandidier Channel to the north, sheltered to the east of Renaud Island. The Fish Islands and The Minnows, small islets to the east, are occupied by an estimated 4,000 breeding pairs of Adelie penguins, and there is a small Antarctic shag (part of the imperial shag bird family) colony.Fish Islands & Prospect Point -- TravelPod
/ref> File:Fish Islands Kayaking.JPG, Kayakers near the Fish Islands File:Seal Near Fish Islands.JPG, Seal on an ice floe near the Fish Islands File:Fish Islands Iceberg.jpg, Iceberg near the Fish Islands

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Islands of Graham Land Graham Coast {{GrahamCoast-geo-stub

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