Laktionov Island
Island in the Antarctica
65°46′S 65°46′W / 65.767°S 65.767°W / -65.767; -65.767
Laktionov Island is an island 4 km (2 nmi) long, lying 7 km (4 nmi) northeast of Jurva Point, Renaud Island, in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. It was first accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. The island was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 after Aleksandr F. Laktionov (died 1965), a Soviet sea ice specialist in the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Leningrad, 1927–65, who became head of the Department of Oceanography, Ice Forecasting and River Mouths.[1]
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- ^ "Laktionov Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Laktionov Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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