Warnock Islands () is a group of small offshore islands lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south and southwest of

Dales Island Dales Island is a small island lying north of the Warnock Islands, to the north of the William Scoresby Archipelago. It was discovered and named by Discovery Investigations personnel on the ''William Scoresby William Scoresby (5 October ...

at the north end of

William Scoresby Archipelago William Scoresby Archipelago is a group of islands which extends northward from the coast just east of William Scoresby Bay, Antarctica. The more important islands in the group are Bertha, Islay, Couling, and the Sheehan Islands. Most of the island ...

. Discovered and named in February 1936 by DI personnel on the ''

William Scoresby William Scoresby (5 October 178921 March 1857) was an English whaler, Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman. Early years Scoresby was born in the village of Cropton near Pickering south-west of Whitby in Yorkshire. His father, William ...

''. The Islands were named after John Fleming Warnock, who was Engineer Lieutenant on the RRS William Scoresby.

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