Killingbeck Island

Killingbeck Island is a small island lying east of Rothera Point, off the southeast coast of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1964 for John B. Killingbeck, a British Antarctic Survey glaciologist in 1960–63.[1]

Killingbeck Island
Killingbeck Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates67°34′S 68°5′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  1. "Killingbeck Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-02.

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