Feature Name (see definition): Henkes Islands

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6647

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 48' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 56' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.8

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.9333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): Group of small islands and rocks 2 mi in extent, lying 1 mi SW of Avian Island, close off the S extremity of Adelaide Island. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1908-10, under Charcot, and named by him for one of the Norwegian directors of the Magellan Whaling Co. at Punta Arenas. Charcot applied the name to the scattered rocks and islands between Cape Adriasola and Cape Alexandra. The name was restricted to the group described by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) following definitive mapping by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in 1961 and the British Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey in 1963.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data