Belding Island
| Belding Island | ||
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| Waters | Matha Strait | |
| Archipelago | Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 23 '33 " S , 67 ° 13' 1" W | |
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| length | 5 km | |
Belding Island is a 5 km long island off the west coast of the Antarctic Graham Land . It belongs to the Biscoe Islands and is located immediately west of the southern end of Watkins Island .
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 them after the American physician Harwood S. Belding (1909-1973), head of the Quartermaster Climatic Research Laboratory of the United States Army in Lawrence , Massachusetts , who was scientifically involved in developing suitable clothing for polar people Regions employed.
Web links
- Belding Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Belding Island on geographic.org (English)