Moyes Islands is a group of small islands lying in the west part of Watt Bay, southeast of Cape-Pigeon Rocks. Discovered by the

Australasian Antarctic Expedition The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was a 1911–1914 expedition headed by Douglas Mawson that explored the largely uncharted Antarctic coast due south of Australia. Mawson had been inspired to lead his own venture by his experiences on Ernest ...

(1911–14) under

Douglas Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during ...

, who named them for

Morton H. Moyes Morton Henry Moyes (29 June 1886 – 20 September 1981) was an Australian Antarctic explorer and naval officer. Moyes was born in Koolunga to headmaster John Moyes and Ellen Jane, ''née'' Stoward. Two of his brothers were John Stoward ...

who served as meteorologist with the expedition.

See also