Barcroft Islands

The Barcroft Islands (66°27′S 67°10′W) are a group of small islands and rocks about 5 miles (8 km) in extent, lying close south of Watkins Island, Biscoe Islands. In particular, the group includes St. Brigid, Irving, St. Isidore, Chakarov and Bedford Islands. The islands were mapped from air photos by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–57), and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Sir Joseph Barcroft, a pioneer investigator of the physiological effects of high altitudes and cold.

Location of Biscoe Islands in the Antarctic Peninsula region

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  •  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Barcroft Islands". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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