Killingbeck Island

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]

Killingbeck Island
Killingbeck Island is located in Antarctica
Killingbeck Island
Killingbeck Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates67°34′S 68°5′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Killingbeck Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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