Trundy Island
| Trundy Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Joubin Islands ( Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 47 ′ S , 64 ° 28 ′ W | |
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Trundy Island is an island in the western section of the Joubin Islands in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . It is located 600 m west-northwest of Robbins Island .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1975 after George Benjamin Noyes Trundy (1937-2008), Able Seaman on the RV Hero of the National Science Foundation on their Antarctic voyage to Palmer Station in 1968.
Web links
- Trundy Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Trundy Island on geographic.org (English)