Killingbeck Island

Killingbeck Island
Killingbeck Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°34′S 68°5′W / 67.567°S 68.083°W / -67.567; -68.083Coordinates: 67°34′S 68°5′W / 67.567°S 68.083°W / -67.567; -68.083
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Killingbeck Island is a small island lying east of Rothera Point, off the southeast coast of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1964 for John B. Killingbeck, a British Antarctic Survey glaciologist in 1960–63.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Killingbeck Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-02.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Killingbeck Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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