Argentine Islands

The Argentine Islands are a group of islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago of Antarctica, situated 5 nmi southwest of Petermann Island, and 4 nmi northwest of Cape Tuxen on Kyiv Peninsula in Graham Land. They were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for the Argentine Republic, in appreciation of that government's support of his expedition.

History
The British Graham Land Expedition under John Riddoch Rymill was based in the Argentine Islands in 1935 and conducted a thorough survey of them. The expedition built a hut on Winter Island, which was used as their northern base; it was left in place at the end of the expedition, but destroyed circa 1946. The following year, the British Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey established a permanent base on the same site, as "Base F" (or "Argentine Islands"); the main building from this base, Wordie House, is now a protected historic site (HSM-62). The base was moved to Galindez Island in 1954, renamed "Faraday" in 1977, and transferred to the Ukrainian Antarctic program in 1996, who continue to operate it as Vernadsky Research Base.

Climate
The Argentine Islands have a polar climate that lies in the transition zone between an ice cap climate and a tundra climate, displaying an unusually continental version of that climate for being on the ocean.

List of islands
Ambrose Rocks
 * Galindez Island
 * Skua Island (Antarctica)
 * Forge Islands

Anvil Rock

Barros Rocks

Black Island (Wilhelm Archipelago)

Black Island Channel

Bloor Passage

Channel Rock (Argentine Islands)

Corner Island (Antarctica)

Corner Rock

Cornice Channel

Drum Rock

Fanfare Island

Finger Point (Wilhelm Archipelago)

Frost Rocks

Goudier Island

Green Glacier

Grotto Island

Indicator Island

Irizar Island

Leopard Island

Marina Point

Meek Channel

Melchior Base

Navy Point

Nicholl Head

Runciman Rock

Shelter Islands

Skua Creek

Smooth Island (Antarctica)

Stella Creek

The Barchans

The Buttons

Three Little Pigs (islands)

Thumb Rock

Uruguay Island

Whiting Rocks

Winter Island (Antarctica)

Woozle Hill