Preston Island

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Preston Island (67°48′S, 68°59′W) is the largest of the Henkes Islands, lying off the south end of Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 for Frank Preston, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) officer in charge and surveyor at Adelaide station, 1961-62, and member of the first party to winter there.

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This article incorporates text from Preston Island, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.