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Wideopen Islands

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The Wideopen Islands (63°0′S 55°49′W) are a group of islands and rocks lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Boreal Point, Joinville Island. Roughly surveyed from a distance by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953-54. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 because of their exposed, isolated position on the south side of Bransfield Strait.

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