Biggs Island

Biggs Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°48′S 68°53′W / 67.800°S 68.883°W / -67.800; -68.883Coordinates: 67°48′S 68°53′W / 67.800°S 68.883°W / -67.800; -68.883
Country
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Biggs Island is a small island forming the easternmost of the Henkes Islands, off the south end of Adelaide Island. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 for Thomas Biggs, a Falkland Islander, coxswain of the launch of RRS John Biscoe, which was used by the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit to chart this island in 1963.

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