Landrum Island

Landrum Island
Landrum Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 69°14′S 68°20′W / 69.233°S 68.333°W / -69.233; -68.333Coordinates: 69°14′S 68°20′W / 69.233°S 68.333°W / -69.233; -68.333
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Landrum Island is the southernmost of the three Bugge Islands in the south part of Marguerite Bay, Fallières Coast, Antarctica. The island was called "Isla Latorre" by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1947,[1] and was later named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for biologist Betty J. Landrum of the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center, 1965–89, serving as Director, 1973–78.[2]

References

  1. ↑ (Chile. DNH chart LIII, 1947)
  2. ↑ "Landrum Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-29.

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