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Abbott Island

Coordinates: 64°6′S 62°8′W / 64.100°S 62.133°W / -64.100; -62.133
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Abbott Island
Abbott Island is located in Antarctica
Abbott Island
Abbott Island
Location in Antarctica
Abbott Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Abbott Island
Abbott Island
Abbott Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°6′S 62°8′W / 64.100°S 62.133°W / -64.100; -62.133
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Administration
None
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited
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.[1]

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