Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Christiania Islands

(Palmer Archipelago)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 63° 58' 27" S 61° 27' 29" W
ENE of Liège Island, Palmer Archipelago, including Intercurrence Island (q.v.) Gulch Island, Small Island (q.v.), Babel Rock and Grinder Rock, were charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in January 1898 and named Îles Christiania after Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, where the expedition ship Belgica was fitted out. Birch in 1911 incorrectly reported the islands as non-existent. Concerning these islands, Bagshawe noted that 'the whalers usually refer to the large one only as Christiania Island [Intercurrence Island], ignoring the two smaller ones'. The islands were photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1956-57.