Abbott Island

This article is about the island in Antarctica. For the island in the Northern Territory, Australia, see Abbott Island (Wessel Islands).

Abbott Island

Abbott Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°6′S 62°8′W
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Abbott Island is an island lying 2 kilometres (1 nmi) west of Davis Island in the south part of Bouquet Bay, off the northeast side of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Roughly charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, 1903–05. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Maude Abbott, a Canadian authority on congenital heart disease.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

External links

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Abbott Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.