Galkin Island
| Galkin Island | ||
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| Waters | Casey Bay | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 31 ′ S , 47 ° 41 ′ E | |
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Galkin Island ( Russian Остров Галкина Ostrow Galkina ) is a small island off the Crown Prince Olav coast of the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It is located 3.7 km north of the Shaw Islands in Casey Bay .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1956 during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and in 1957 during a Soviet Antarctic expedition . Russian scientists named the island after Nikolai Galkin, a surgeon on board the Mirny for the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1819-1821) under the direction of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia translated this designation into English.
Web links
- Galkin Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)