Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Danger Islands

(Joinville Island)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 63° 25' 24" S 54° 41' 32" W
SE of Joinville Island and including Heroine Island, Beagle Island, Comb Island, Darwin Island, Platter Island, Earle Island and Dixey Rock, were roughly charted by Ross, 28 December 1842, and named Danger Isles because they were concealed by heavy pack ice until his ship was almost upon them. The islands were surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from 'Hope Bay', 1958-61.