Barcroft Islands
| Barcroft Islands | ||
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| Waters | Matha Strait | |
| archipelago | Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 33 ′ S , 67 ° 26 ′ W | |
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The Barcroft Islands are a group of small islands and reef rocks in the Biscoe Islands archipelago west of the Loubet coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . They extend just south of Watkins Island for a distance of 8 km.
They were mapped using aerial photographs taken by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–1957). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the British physician Joseph Barcroft (1872-1947), a pioneer in researching the effects of high altitudes and cold temperatures on human physiology .
Web links
- Barcroft Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Barcroft Islands on geographic.org (English)