Killingbeck Island
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Island in Antarctica
Killingbeck Island is located in Antarctica Killingbeck Island Killingbeck Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 67°34′S 68°5′W / 67.567°S 68.083°W / -67.567; -68.083 |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
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]
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[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Killingbeck Island". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2 May 2013.
Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Killingbeck Island". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
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