Abbott Island

Island off the coast of Antarctica

64°6′S 62°8′W / 64.100°S 62.133°W / -64.100; -62.133ArchipelagoPalmer ArchipelagoAdministration
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DemographicsPopulationUninhabitedAdditional informationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Abbott Island is an island lying 2 kilometres (1 nmi) west of Davis Island in the south part of Bouquet Bay, off the northeast side of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Roughly charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, 1903–05. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Maude Abbott, a Canadian authority on congenital heart disease.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Abbott Peak

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Abbott Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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