Backer Islands

Backer Islands
Backer Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 74°25′S 102°40′W / 74.417°S 102.667°W / -74.417; -102.667Coordinates: 74°25′S 102°40′W / 74.417°S 102.667°W / -74.417; -102.667
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

The Backer Islands are a chain of small islands at the south side of Cranton Bay. The islands trend northwest for 22 kilometres (12 nmi) from the ice shelf which forms the southern limit of the bay. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Walter K. Backer, a U.S. Navy chief construction mechanic at Byrd Station, 1967.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Backer Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-17.

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