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{{short description|Islands of Antarctica}}
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The '''Larsen Islands''' are a small group of [[island]]s north-west of [[Moreton Point]], the western extremity of [[Coronation Island]], in the [[South Orkney Islands]] of [[Antarctica]]. They were discovered by Captains [[George Powell (mariner)|George Powell]] and [[Nathaniel Palmer]] on the occasion of their joint cruise in December 1821. The islands were named on [[Petter Sørlle]]'s chart, based upon his survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912–1913, in honour of [[Carl Anton Larsen]].<ref name="gnis-LI" />

The islands were recharted in 1933 by [[Discovery Investigations]] (DI) personnel on the ''[[Discovery II]]'', who used the name Larsen Islands for the group and named the largest island Larsen Island. This scheme was found to be confusing, so Larsen Island was renamed in 1954 by the [[UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee|UK Antarctic Place-names Committee]] (UK-APC) for the sloop ''James Monroe'', which was commanded by Captain Palmer at the time of discovery and anchored in this vicinity in December 1821.<ref name="gnis-MI" />

==Monroe Island==
The largest island of the group, Monroe Island, lies about 10 km from Coronation.<ref name="gnis-MI" /> Veitch Point is a point situated centrally along the northeast end of the island. Sphinx Rock lies immediately off the southwest end of Monroe Island. Both features were charted and named by DI personnel.<ref name="gnis-VP" /><ref name="gnis-SR" />

==Important Bird Area==
The Larsen Islands, together with neighbouring [[Moreton Point]] and an adjacent area of ice-free land to the west, have been identified as a 1580 ha [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA) by [[BirdLife International]] because it supports large [[bird colony|breeding colonies]] of [[seabird]]s, including some 125,000 pairs of [[chinstrap penguin]]s and 125,000 pairs of [[southern fulmar]]s. [[Snow petrel]]s also nest there in smaller numbers.<ref name=bli/>

==See also==
* [[List of Antarctic and Subantarctic islands]]

==References==
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<ref name=bli>{{cite web |url= http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/larsen-islands--moreton-point-iba-antarctica |title= Moreton Point, Monroe Island and Larsen Islands, western Coronation Island|access-date=2019-05-12|work= BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas |publisher= BirdLife International |year= 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=gnis-LI>{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=8537|name=Larsen Islands|access-date=2019-05-12}}</ref>
<ref name=gnis-MI>{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=10166|name=Monroe Island|access-date=2019-05-12}}</ref>
<ref name=gnis-SR>{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=14363|name=Sphinx Rock|access-date=2020-09-11}}</ref>
<ref name=gnis-VP>{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=15929|name=Veitch Point|access-date=2020-09-11}}</ref>
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[[Category:Islands of the South Orkney Islands]]
[[Category:Important Bird Areas of Antarctica]]
[[Category:Seabird colonies]]
[[Category:Penguin colonies]]

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