Bedford Island
Bedford Island (66°28′S 67°9′W / 66.467°S 67.150°WCoordinates: 66°28′S 67°9′W / 66.467°S 67.150°W) is an island about 1 nautical mile (2 km) long, lying at the south end of the Barcroft Islands in the Biscoe Islands, 700 m south of Chakarov Island. It was mapped from air photos taken by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–57), and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for , an English physicist who specialized in the measurement of the physical environment of man.[1]
See also[]
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
References[]
- ^ "Bedford Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
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