Bedford Island
| Bedford Island | ||
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| Waters | Matha Strait | |
| Archipelago | Barcroft Islands , Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 28 ′ S , 67 ° 10 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Bedford Island is a 1.5 km long island off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the archipelago of the Biscoe Islands it lies at the southern end of the group of Barcroft Islands .
The island was mapped using aerial photographs taken by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–1957). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them after the British physicist Thomas Bedford (1875 - unknown), who dealt with the influence of the physical environment on the human body.
Web links
- Bedford Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bedford Island on geographic.org (English)