The area was reconnoitered and aerially photographed by the 5th Indian Antarctic Expedition (Nov 1985-Mar 1986) with a three-month temporary summer camp established there.

Photographed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

Photographed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956) and shown on their map as Ostrov Vkhodnoy (entrance island), presumably because of its location along the ship route to Mabus Point and Mirnyy Station.

Photographed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956) and named Ostrova Tyulen'i (seal islands).

Photographed from the air by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938-1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher.

Photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1956.

Photographed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956) and shown on their chart as Ostrova Stroiteley (builders' islands).

First photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39.

Photographed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956) and named for Aleksey K. Tokarev (1915-57), biologist on the expedition who died while returning from the Antarctic.

Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938-39).