Berkley Island

Berkley
Berkley
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Coordinates 66°13′S 110°39′E / 66.217°S 110.650°E / -66.217; 110.650Coordinates: 66°13′S 110°39′E / 66.217°S 110.650°E / -66.217; 110.650
Archipelago Swain Islands
Length 1 km (0.6 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Berkley Island (66°13′S 110°39′E / 66.217°S 110.650°E / -66.217; 110.650) is an island, 1 kilometre (0.5 nmi) long, which marks the northeast end of the Swain Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was included in a survey of the Swain Islands in 1957 by Wilkes Station personnel under Carl R. Eklund. It was named by Eklund for Richard J. Berkley, a geomagnetician with the US-IGY wintering party of 1957 at Wilkes Station.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Berkley Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-06-08.

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