Kirton Island

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Kirton Island (67°30′S 63°38′E / 67.500°S 63.633°E / -67.500; 63.633Coordinates: 67°30′S 63°38′E / 67.500°S 63.633°E / -67.500; 63.633) is a small coastal island of the Robinson Group, lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Cape Daly, Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica, and about 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) south of Macklin Island. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for M. Kirton, a geophysicist at Mawson Station in 1959.[1]

See also

  • List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References

  1. ↑ "Kirton Island". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-03. 

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