COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

rising up to 60m above sea level E of d'Urville Island, off NE entrance of Larsen Channel, were roughly surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" and charted by AAE, 1953-54. The following names were applied by AAE respectively to the NE, W and SE islands in the group. Islotes Furque, after a sailor in the Argentine sloop-of-war Uruguay (Uruguay Cove, q.v.) in 1903-04 (Argentina. MM chart 124, 1957). Islotes Libertad, after the Argentine home town of one of the officers in the AAE tugboat Chiriguano (Argentina. MM chart 124, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.483). Islotes Morales, after the Argentine sailor José Martín Morales in Uruguay, 1903-04 (Argentina. MM chart 124, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.530). The islands were photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and the name Wideopen Islets was applied to the whole group because of its exposed and isolated position on the S side of Bransfield Strait (APC, 1958, p.7). Wideopen Islands (APC, 1959a, p.12; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1973). Islote Furque, referring to the largest island (Pierrou, 1970, p.379).

Group of islands and rocks lying 7 mi N of Boreal Point, JoinviIle Island. Roughly surveyed from a distance by the FIDS in 1953-54. So named by UK-APC in 1958 because of their exposed, isolated position on the S side of Bransfield Strait.