Tukey Island
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Location: | 64°46’27"S, 64°25’35"W |
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Tukey Island is a small island in the central part of the Joubin Islands, off the south-west point of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory
Following the work of United States Antarctic Research Program personnel from "Palmer Station" from 1965, was named after Claude C. Tukey, messman in RV Hero on her first Antarctic voyage, visiting Palmer Station in 1968.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Tukey Island