Berkley Island

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Berkley Island
Waters Vincennes Bay
Archipelago Swain Islands ( Windmill Islands )
Geographical location 66 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  S , 110 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 66 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  S , 110 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  E
Berkley Island (Antarctica)
Berkley Island
length 800 m
Map of the northern Windmill Islands with Berkeley Island in the Swain Group (above center)
Map of the northern Windmill Islands with Berkeley Island in the Swain Group (above center)

Berkley Island is an 800 m long rock island with east-west orientation in the archipelago of the Windmill Islands off the coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It is located at the northeastern end of the group of Swain Islands .

The island was mapped using aerial photographs from the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). In 1957, scientists at Wilkes Station under the direction of the US polar explorer Carl R. Eklund (1909–1962) carried out a survey. Eklund named it after Richard J. Berkley, geomagnetologist on the winter team at Wilkes Station during the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958).

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