Afuera Islands also known as Penguin Island or Dodge Rocks, are a group of three small islands lying north of Challenger Island

Challenger Island

Challenger Island is an island lying just north of Murray Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. The name was used in 1906 by J. Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld, 1901–04....

 and just outside the south entrance point to Hughes Bay

Hughes Bay

Hughes Bay is the 42 km wide bay indenting for 20 km Danco Coast on the west side of Graham Land, Antarctica, lying south of Chavdar Peninsula and north of Pefaur Peninsula, and entered between Cape Sterneck and Cape Murray....

, off the west coast of Graham Land

Graham Land

Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....

, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. The name, which appears on an Argentine government chart of 1957, is probably descriptive of the islands' location; "Afuera" means outer or outside.