The Frazier Islands are a group of three rocky islands -

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, Dewart and Charlton - in the eastern part of

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, west-north-west of Clark Peninsula, and 16 km offshore from

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History

The islands were first photographed from the air in the course of the

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's Operation Highjump, 1946–47. They were named by the

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for Commander Paul W. Frazier, a navigator and projects officer with Operation Windmill who visited the area in January 1948, and later served as operations officer with Operation Deepfreeze I at

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Antarctic Specially Protected Area

The islands are protected under the

Antarctic Treaty System russian: link=no, Договор об Антарктике es, link=no, Tratado Antártico , name = Antarctic Treaty System , image = Flag of the Antarctic Treaty.svgborder , image_width = 180px , caption ...

as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.160 because they support the largest of only four known breeding colonies of southern giant petrels on continental Antarctica.

References

Islands of Wilkes Land Antarctic Specially Protected Areas Seabird colonies {{WilkesLand-geo-stub

History

Antarctic Specially Protected Area

See also

References