Wideopen Islands
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| Etymology | Reference to their exposed, isolated position in the Bransfield Strait |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bransfield Strait |
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| Archipelago | Joinville Island group |
The Wideopen Islands (Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).) are a group of islands and rocks lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Boreal Point, Joinville Island, in Antarctica. Roughly surveyed from a distance by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953–54. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 because of their exposed, isolated position on the south side of Bransfield Strait.
The islands are habitat for Adélie, chinstrap, and gentoo penguins.[1]
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