Killingbeck Island
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| Killingbeck Island | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 67°34’19"S, 68°4’30"W |
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Killingbeck Island lies off Rothera Point, in the south-east of Adelaide Island
The island was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Adelaide in 1961-62, and was named after John Basil Killingbeck (b. 1936), of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, a glaciologist who was the Base Leader at Deception Island 1961-62, and the British Antarctic Survey general assistant at Adelaide 1962-63.
The island was further surveyed by a Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1976-77.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Killingbeck Island
