Kellick Island
| Kellick Island | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 55 '7 " S , 58 ° 23' 34" W | |
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| length | 800 m | |
Kellick Island (in Argentina Isla Dentada ; analogously for toothed island ) is an 800 m long island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 1.5 km northeast of Round Point off the north coast of King George Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1960 in misspellings after Adam Dickenson Kellock (1798-1862), captain of the British sealer Henry , who operated between 1821 and 1822 in the waters around the South Shetland Islands.
Web links
- Kellick Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kellick Island on geographic.org (English)