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[[File:Lindsey Islands.png|350px|thumb|Satellite view showing the western group of the Lindsey Islands.  Not pictured is the largest island just slightly to the east.]]
[[File:LINDSEY.jpg|thumb|500px]][[File:Lindsey Islands.png|350px|thumb|Satellite view showing the western group of the Lindsey Islands.  Not pictured is the largest island just slightly to the east.]]
The '''Lindsey Islands''' (73°37′S 103°18′W) are a group of islands lying just off the northwest tip of the [[Canisteo Peninsula]] in the [[Amundsen Sea]].
The '''Lindsey Islands''' (73°37′S 103°18′W) are a group of islands lying just off the northwest tip of the [[Canisteo Peninsula]] in the [[Amundsen Sea]].


==Geography and geology==
==Geography and geology==
The Lindsey Islands are situated west of the northern extremity of [[Canisteo Peninsula]], which projects into the eastern Amundsen Sea between Ferrero and [[Cranton Bay]]s on the [[Walgreen Coast]]. The island group consists of one large island that is several kilometers wide, and a smaller island to its west with several nearby outliers further west. The total land area of the collective islands is approximately 2,100 acres.  
The Lindsey Islands are situated west of the northern extremity of [[Canisteo Peninsula]], which projects into the eastern Amundsen Sea between [[Ferrero Bay|Ferrero]] and [[Cranton Bay]]s on the [[Walgreen Coast]]. The island group consists of one large island that is several kilometers wide, and a smaller island to its west with several nearby outliers further west. The total land area of the collective islands is approximately 2,100 acres.  


Some descriptions (e.g. Lindsey 1995) include the island group 5 kilometers to the southwest as within the Lindsey group. However, these were later named the [[Schaefer Islands]] by the U.S. Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names. Available mapping incorrectly shows many of the individual islands within the group as merged together.
Some descriptions (e.g. Lindsey 1995) include the island group 5 kilometers to the southwest as within the Lindsey group. However, these were later named the [[Schaefer Islands]] by the U.S. Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names. Available mapping incorrectly shows many of the individual islands within the group as merged together.


===Geology===
===Geology===
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[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]
[[Category:Islands]]
[[Category:Islands]]
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