Killingbeck Island

Killingbeck Island (67°34′S 68°5′W / 67.567°S 68.083°W / -67.567; -68.083Coordinates: 67°34′S 68°5′W / 67.567°S 68.083°W / -67.567; -68.083) 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]

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

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