Wilkins Sound (70°15′S 73°0′W) is a sound that is largely occupied by the Wilkins Ice Shelf; it is located between the concave western coastline of Alexander Island and the shores of Charcot Island and Latady Island farther to the west. Northern Øresund Puget Sound and Mt. ... Alexander Island shown within Antarctica For the Canadian arctic island see Alexander Island, Nunavut. ... Charcot Island or Charcot Land is an island off Antarctica, 30 miles long and 25 miles wide, which is ice covered except for prominent mountains overlooking the north coast, 55 miles west of Alexander Island. ... Latady Island is a low ice-covered island, 35 miles long and more than 10 miles wide, lying 45 miles south of Charcot Island and west of Alexander Island. ...

Its northern portion was first seen and roughly mapped in 1910 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot and was observed from the air in 1929 by Sir Hubert Wilkins. The configuration of the sound was determined in 1940 on exploratory flights by the US Antarctic Service (USAS). It was named by the USAS for Sir Hubert Wilkins, who in 1929 first proved "Charcot Land" to be an island and thereby indirectly discovered this feature. The existence of Latady Island at the southwest side of the sound was determined in 1960 by D.J.H. Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) by examination of air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48. French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica. ... Jean-Baptiste Charcot (July 15, 1867 – September 16, 1936), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. ... Sir George Hubert Wilkins (October 31, 1888 - November 30, 1958) was the Australian polar explorer, soldier, and geographer. ... United States Antarctic Program or USAP (or formerly United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organ of the United States government which has presence in the continent of Antarctica. ... BAS headquarters The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), formerly the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), is an institute of the Natural Environment Research Council, and has, for the last fifty years, undertaken the majority of Britains scientific research on and around the Antarctic continent. ... The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. ...

The Wilkins Ice Shelf is a rectangular ice shelf about 80 miles long and 60 miles wide. The feature occupies the central part of Wilkins Sound, from which it takes its name. The name was proposed by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. ...

This article is based on a United States Geological Survey gazetteer.