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Babushkin Island (69°6′S 157°36′E) is a small island lying 10 kilometres (5.5 nmi) north of Archer Point and 9 kilometres (5 nmi) east of Matusevich Glacier Tongue, Oates Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958) and named for Mikhail Babushkin, a Soviet polar aviator lost in the Arctic.[1]

Babushkin Island

Babushkin Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Oates Land, Antarctica
Coordinates	69°6′S 157°36′E
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
•  Geography portal
•  Islands portal

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Babushkin Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

На других языках

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[de] Babuschkin-Insel

Die Babuschkin-Insel (russisch Остров Бабушкина, transkribiert Ostrow Babuschkina) ist eine kleine Insel vor der Nordküste des ostantarktischen Viktorialands. Sie liegt 9 km nördlich des Archer Point und 8 km östlich der Zunge des Matussewitsch-Gletschers.

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- [en] Babushkin Island

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