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Burtis Island

Coordinates: 73°04′S 125°29′W / 73.067°S 125.483°W / -73.067; -125.483
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Burtis Island
Burtis Island is located in Antarctica
Burtis Island
Burtis Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates73°04′S 125°29′W / 73.067°S 125.483°W / -73.067; -125.483
Administration
None
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Burtis Island (73°04′S 125°29′W / 73.067°S 125.483°W / -73.067; -125.483) is a small island lying 19 kilometres (10 nmi) east of Cape Dart, Siple Island, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1962–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William J. Burtis, an ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station in 1965.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Burtis Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-10-08.

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