Blaiklock Island

Blaiklock Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°33′S 67°4′W / 67.550°S 67.067°W / -67.550; -67.067Coordinates: 67°33′S 67°4′W / 67.550°S 67.067°W / -67.550; -67.067
Country
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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