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 , a U.S. Navy chief construction mechanic at Byrd Station, 1967.^[1]

See also[]

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

References[]

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

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