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Sheelagh Islands
Sheelagh
Islands
is a group of small islands lying
south
of
Cape Kolosov
, near the
mouth
of
Amundsen Bay
in
Enderby Land
. They were possibly the site of the
landing
from an aircraft by
Riiser-Larsen
on
December 22
,
1929
. An
ANARE
party
landed
on them on
February 14
, 1958. Named by
Antarctic Names Committee of Australia
for the
wife
of R.H.J.
Thompson
,
Administrative Officer
of
the Antarctic
Division
and
second-in-command
of the
expedition
.
