Litchfield Island
| Litchfield Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 46 ′ 16 ″ S , 64 ° 5 ′ 27 ″ W | |
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| length | 800 m | |
| Highest elevation | 50 m | |
Litchfield Island is an 800 m long and up to 50 m high island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . It is located 800 m south of Norsel Point off the southwest coast of Anvers Island .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) carried out surveys in 1955. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on July 7, 1959 after Douglas Bernard Litchfield (* 1927), who in 1955 worked as a general assistant and mountaineer for the FIDS at the Arthur Harbor station and was involved in numerous surveys and soundings in the area this island was involved.
Web links
- Litchfield Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Litchfield Island on geographic.org (English)