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'Seal Islands' (also known as 'Îles des Phoques', 'Islas Foca', 'Islotes Foca' and 'Seal Rocks') are a group of small islands and rocks lying from 3 to 6 miles northwest of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands. The Seal Islands are located at . The group takes its name from the largest island, which Captain William Smith named Seal Island in 1820 because of the number of seals caught there.

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★ List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands