Forge Islands is a group of small islands lying northeast of The Barchans

The Barchans

The Barchans is a group of small snow-capped islands marking the west end of the Argentine Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition , 1934–37, under Rymill, and so named by him because the snow caps resemble barchans , migrating, crescent-shaped sand dunes...

 and 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) northwest of Grotto Island

Grotto Island

Grotto Island is a narrow island 0.5 nautical miles long with a serrated coastline, lying 0.1 nautical miles north of Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill.- See also :* List of antarctic and...

, in the Argentine Islands

Argentine Islands

The Argentine Islands are a group of islands southwest of Petermann Island and northwest of Cape Tuxen, in the Wilhelm Archipelago off the Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for the Argentine Republic in...

, Wilhelm Archipelago

Wilhelm Archipelago

Wilhelm Archipelago is an island archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica.Wilhelm Archipelago consists of a myriad of islands, the largest of which are Booth Island and Hovgaard Island. The archipelago extends from Bismarck Strait southwest to Lumus Rock, off the...

. Charted and named Horseshoe Islands by the British Graham Land Expedition

British Graham Land Expedition

A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...

 (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. The name was changed by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 to avoid confusion with Horseshoe Island

Horseshoe Island (Antarctica)

Horseshoe Island is an island 6.5 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide occupying most of the entrance to Square Bay, along the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered and named by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill who mapped this area by land and from the air in 1936-37...

 in Marguerite Bay

Marguerite Bay

Marguerite Bay or Margaret Bay is an extensive bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is bounded on the north by Adelaide Island and on the south by Wordie Ice Shelf, George VI Sound and Alexander Island. The mainland coast on the Antarctic Peninsula is Fallières Coast. Islands...

. This new name arises from association with the old name and with nearby Anvil Rock

Anvil Rock

Anvil Rock is a rock between Grotto Island and the southeast end of the Forge Islands in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. It was charted and named in 1935 by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Riddoch Rymill. The name is descriptive....

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