Kirton Island

Kirton Island
Kirton Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 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
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Kirton Island is a small coastal island of the Robinson Group, lying 6 kilometres (3 nmi) west of Cape Daly, Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica, and about 3 kilometres (1.5 nmi) 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]

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References

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


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