Blaiklock Island
  Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 67°33′S 67°4′W / 67.550°S 67.067°WCoordinates: 67°33′S 67°4′W / 67.550°S 67.067°W |
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None | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Blaiklock Island is a high and rugged, irregular-shaped island 17 kilometres (9 nmi) long, lying between Bigourdan Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord. It is separated from Pourquoi Pas Island by The Narrows and from the west coast of Graham Land by Jones Channel. The feature was partially surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill, at which time it was charted as a promontory. It was determined to be an island in 1949 by Kenneth V. Blaiklock, a Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyor for whom it is named.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Blaiklock Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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