Argentine Islands

Argentine Islands
Wordie House, photographed in 2013
Argentine Islands is located in Antarctica
Argentine Islands
Argentine Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°15′S 64°16′W / 65.250°S 64.267°W / -65.250; -64.267
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

The Argentine Islands are a group of islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago of Antarctica, situated 9 km (5 nmi) southwest of Petermann Island, and 7 km (4 nmi) northwest of Cape Tuxen on Kyiv Peninsula in Graham Land. They were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for the Argentine Republic, in appreciation of that government's support of his expedition.