Kirsty Island
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| Kirsty Island | |
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| Location: | 67°35’50"S, 68°16’8"W |
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Kirsty Island is a small island just west of Lagoon Island and east of Léonie Island, in Ryder Bay off Adelaide Island. The island is used by scientists at Rothera Research Station as a site for marine research and recreation.
Kirsty Island is noted for its outcrops of reddish rocks. It was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition 1957.
The island is named for Kirsty Brown, Marine Biologist of the British Antarctic Survey who died while on duty at Rothera Research Station in July 2003.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Kirsty Island