Bielecki Island
| Bielecki Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Joubin Islands , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 46 ′ S , 64 ° 29 ′ W | |
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Bielecki Island is an island in the western section of the Joubin Islands in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . It is located 800 m north of Trundy Island .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named her in 1975 after Johannes N. Bielecki (* 1936), assistant engineer on the RV Hero of the National Science Foundation on her Antarctic voyage to the Palmer station in 1968.
Web links
- Bielecki Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bielecki Island on geographic.org (English)