The group lies in Dease Strait, approximately 12 mi (19 km) from Cape Alexander, south of Victoria Island and north of the mainland's Kent Peninsula.

[1] The community of Cambridge Bay is approximately 23 mi (37 km) to the east.

[2] An early survey was made by Sir Richard Collinson on board the Enterprise during his search for Sir John Franklin's lost expedition.

Collinson noted the islands to be a basalt ridge running south/southeast.

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