Knuckey Island
| Knuckey Island | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 23 ′ S , 76 ° 4 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 28 m | |
Knuckey Island is an island on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elisabeth Land, East Antarctica . In the Larsemann Hills area, it is the largest of a group of three islands, 1.1 km northwest of the western foothills of the Stornes peninsula .
It is named after Graham Alexander Knuckey (1934–1969), who worked as a geodesist at Mawson Station in 1958 and set up a fixed point for astronomical navigation on this island .
Web links
- Knuckey Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)