Foote Islands


The Foote Islands are a small group of snow-capped islands and several rocks, lying southeast of Cape Leblond, Lavoisier Island, in Crystal Sound. They were mapped from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition and surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Brian L.H. Foote, a FIDS radio mechanic at Arthur Harbour and a surveyor at Detaille Island, who made surveys of the Crystal Sound area.