Bath Island
| Bath Island | ||
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| Waters | English Strait | |
| Archipelago | Aitcho Islands ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 23 ′ S , 59 ° 47 ′ W | |
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Bath Island is a small island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the group of the Aitcho Islands in the English Strait , it lies north of Emeline Island . Together with Cricklewood Island and Taunton Island , it forms the group of the Riksa Islands .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2013. It is named after the city of Bath in the county of Somerset , where departments of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office were temporarily stationed during the Second World War .
Web links
- Bath Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)