Farrington Island
| Farrington Island | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
| Archipelago | William Scoresby Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 15 ′ S , 59 ° 42 ′ E | |
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Farrington Island is a small island in the William Scoresby Archipelago off the Mawson Coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It is located 6.5 km north-northeast of Couling Island and 2.5 km west of the Klakkane archipelago .
The island was discovered and named in February 1936 by scientists from the British Discovery Investigations on board the research vessel RRS William Scoresby . Name giver is James Edward Butler Futtit "Fram" Farrington (1908–2002), radio operator on this ship.
Web links
- Farrington Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Farrington Island on geographic.org (English)