Landrum Island

Landrum Island
Landrum Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 69°14′S 68°20′W / 69.233°S 68.333°W / -69.233; -68.333Coordinates: 69°14′S 68°20′W / 69.233°S 68.333°W / -69.233; -68.333
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Landrum Island is the southernmost of the three Bugge Islands in the south part of Marguerite Bay, Fallières Coast, Antarctica. The island was called "Isla Latorre" by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1947,[1] and was later named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for biologist Betty J. Landrum of the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center, 1965–89, serving as Director, 1973–78.[2]

References

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


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