The area was visited by early 19th-century sealers.

The islands were charted in 1935 by Discovery Investigations and named after C.M.

Meade, Cartographer-in-charge in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office at that time.

The midpoint of the group is located at 62°27′04.4″S 60°04′03″W / 62.451222°S 60.06750°W / -62.451222; -60.06750 which is 1.98 km (1.23 mi) west of Duff Point, Greenwich Island, 3.73 km (2.32 mi) north of Pomorie Point, 3.5 km (2.2 mi) east of Williams Point, 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Zed Islands and 3.9 km (2.4 mi) south-southeast of Pyramid Island (British mapping in 1935 and 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

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