Abbott Island

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Abbott Island

Palmer Archipelago
(British Antarctic Territory)

Location
Location: 64°5’55"S, 62°8’18"W
Data

Abbott Island is a small island amongst the Palmer Archipelago, lying off Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory. The island lies near the head of Bouquet Bay, in the south part of the bay, between Brabant Island to the south-west and Liege Island.

This island was roughly charted by the French Antarctic Expedition of 1903–1905 under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. It was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area: Abbott Island is named after Maude Abbott (1869-1940), a Canadian authority on congenital heart disease.

References

  • Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Abbott Island
The Palmer Archipelago, British Antarctic Territory

Abbott Island • Anvers Island • Auguste Island • Bob Island • Brabant Island • Bremen Island • Buff Island • Chionis Island • Christiania Islands • Chukovezer Island • Cobalcescou Island • Cormorant Island • Davis Island • Dink Island • Doumer Island • Dream Island • Emen Island • Fridtjof Island • Gand Island • Halfway Island • Hermit Island • Hoseason Island • Humble Island • Imelin Island • Janus Island • Kalotina Island • Lapteva Island • Lecointe Island • Litchfield Island • Liège Island • Masteyra Island • Melchior Islands • Ohlin Island • Pabellon Island • Pampa Island • Petrelik Island • Raklitsa Island • Rogulyat Island • Soatris Island • Spert Island • Spume Island • Temenuga Island • Tetrad Islands • Torgersen Island • Tower Island • Trebishte Island • Trinity Island • Tripod Island • Two Hummock Island • Vázquez Island • Vromos Island • Walsham Rocks • Wiencke Island • Yoke Island • Zigzag Island