Bazett Island
| Bazett Island | ||
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| Waters | Lewis Sound | |
| Archipelago | Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 18 ′ S , 67 ° 6 ′ W | |
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Bazett Island is an island in the Biscoe Islands archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located about 2 km south of the western end of Krogh Island in Lewis Sound .
It was 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 US physiologist Henry C. Bazett (1885–1950), a pioneer in the study of temperature sensors and temperature regulation in the human body.
Web links
- Bazett Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bazett Island on geographic.org (English)