Burkett Islands
| Burkett Islands | ||
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| Waters | Amundsen Bay ( Kosmonautensee ) | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 56 ′ S , 50 ° 19 ′ E | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Burkett Islands are a small group of islands off the coast of the East Antarctic Enderbyland . They are located immediately west of Mount Gleadell in the eastern part of Amundsen Bay .
Australian cartographers mapped it using aerial photographs taken in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them in 1961 after Graeme E. L. Burkett, who was a radio operator at Wilkes Station in 1960.
Web links
- Burkett Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Burkett Islands on geographic.org (English)