The Galten Islands are a small group of islands in the eastern part of
Magnet Bay Magnet Bay is a shallow coastal indentation, wide and receding only , located west of Cape Davis at the northwest side of Edward VIII Plateau in Antarctica.
The British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929–31, under Maws ...
, Antarctica, west of
Cape Davis
Cape Davis () is a rounded ice-covered cape along the north coast of Edward VIII Plateau, east of Magnet Bay. It was discovered on 12 January 1930 by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, wh ...
. They were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the
Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and called Galten (the boar). They were first visited in 1957 by an
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program (AAp) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).
History
Australia has had a long involv ...
party led by
B.H. Stinear.
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See also
* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands
References
Islands of Enderby Land
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