Irving Island
| Irving Island | ||
|---|---|---|
| Waters | Matha Strait | |
| Archipelago | Barcroft Islands in the Biscoe Islands archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 25 ′ S , 67 ° 5 ′ W | |
|
||
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Irving Island is a small island in the Biscoe Islands archipelago off the west coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located at the northeast end of the Barcroft Islands .
Aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–1957) were used to map them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1960 after the US physiologist Laurence Irving (1895–1979), who studied the effects of polar environments on the human body.
Web links
- Irving Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Irving Island on geographic.org (English)