Killingbeck Island
  Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 67°34′S 68°5′W / 67.567°S 68.083°WCoordinates: 67°34′S 68°5′W / 67.567°S 68.083°W |
| Country | |
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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
- ↑ "Killingbeck Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
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