Babushkin Island
  Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Oates Land, Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 69°6′S 157°36′E / 69.100°S 157.600°ECoordinates: 69°6′S 157°36′E / 69.100°S 157.600°E |
| Country | |
|
None | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Babushkin Island (69°6′S 157°36′E / 69.100°S 157.600°E) is a small island lying 10 kilometres (5.5 nmi) north of Archer Point and 9 kilometres (5 nmi) east of Matusevich Glacier Tongue, Oates Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958) and named for Mikhail Babushkin, a Soviet polar aviator lost in the Arctic.[1]
See also
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- Antarctica portal
- Islands portal
References
- ↑ "Babushkin Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Babushkin Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, November 22, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.