Biggs Island

Biggs Island (67°48′S 68°53′W / 67.800°S 68.883°W / -67.800; -68.883Coordinates: 67°48′S 68°53′W / 67.800°S 68.883°W / -67.800; -68.883) is a small island forming the easternmost of the Henkes Islands, off the south end of Adelaide Island. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 for Louie Spence, a Falkland Islander, coxswain of the launch of RRS John Biscoe, which was used by the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit to chart this island in 1963.

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Biggs Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).