# Thule Islands

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Not to be confused with [Thule Island](/source/Thule_Island).

The **Thule Islands** are a group of small islands and rocks lying 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) southwest of [Balin Point](/source/Balin_Point) in the northwestern part of [Borge Bay](/source/Borge_Bay), [Signy Island](/source/Signy_Island), in the [South Orkney Islands](/source/South_Orkney_Islands) off [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). The name "Thule Rocks" was used as early as 1916, and appears to refer at least in part to this group. The *Thule*, one of the first floating factories to flense whales at sea, belonged to the [Thule Whaling Company](/source/Thule_Whaling_Company) of [Oslo](/source/Oslo). It operated in the South Orkney Islands in 1912–13 and 1913–14 and anchored on the east side of Signy Island during January 1913. The altered form of the name was recommended by the [UK Antarctic Place-names Committee](/source/UK_Antarctic_Place-names_Committee) following a survey by the [Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey](/source/Falkland_Islands_Dependencies_Survey) in 1947.[1][2]

## References

1. 15263. Retrieved 2013-10-25.

1. Alberts, Fred G. (ed.) (June 1995). [*Geographic Names of the Antarctic*](https://archive.org/download/GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic2ndEdition/Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic2ndEdition1995.pdf). second ed. [United States Board on Geographic Names](/source/United_States_Board_on_Geographic_Names). p. 745. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

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