
Governor Islands
(Penguin Point)
British Antarctic Territory
Location: 60° 30' S 45° 55' 59" W
off Penguin Point, Coronation Island, were discovered by Powell and Palmer in December 1821; roughly charted by Sørlle, 1912-13, and named Guvernor [sic] Islands in honour of Sir William Lamond Allardyce (1861-1930), Governor of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies, 1904-14. The islands were further charted by Discovery Investigations in 1933.The islands were surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Signy, 1956-58.