Litchfield Island
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Litchfield Island is a rocky island 0.5 miles long and rising to 50 m, lying 0.5 miles south of Norsel Point, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Litchfield Island is located at and has an elevation of 50 m. Litchfield Island was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. Litchfield Island was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Douglas B. Litchfield of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), general assistant and mountaineer at the Arthur Harbor station in 1955 who helped with the local survey and made numerous soundings through the sea ice in the vicinity of the island.
