Prince Edward Islands
The Prince Edward Islands are two islands in the subantarctic Indian Ocean. They are part of South Africa. The two islands are called Marion Island and Prince Edward Island. The only people on the islands are meteorologists and biologists.Now they are allowing more people to live there.
The islands were discovered in 1769 by a Dutch explorer. Different people visited the islands over the years but no one settled there. The British claimed the islands in 1908, then gave the islands to South Africa in 1948.
Prince Edward Islands Media
Prince Edward, after whom the islands are named
View from Marion island of the South African icebreaker SA Agulhas, with a penguin swimming in the water and kelp on the shore
Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans), East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
Cloud patterns over the Prince Edward Islands
Satellite image of Prince Edward Island, 2009.
Satellite image of Marion Island, 2009
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