Adolph Islands

The Adolph Islands are a group of small islands and rocks off northwest Watkins Island, in the Biscoe Islands. Mapped from air photos by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956–57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the American Edward F. Adolph, Professor of Physiology, University of Rochester, 1948–60, who specialized in the reactions of the human body to cold.^[1]

Adolph Islands

Adolph Islands Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°19′S 67°11′W
Archipelago	Biscoe Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands