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The Barcroft Islands (66°27′S 67°10′W) are a group of small islands and rocks about 5 miles (8 km) in extent, lying close south of Watkins Island, Biscoe Islands. The group comprises St. Brigid, Irving, St. Isidore, Chakarov, Hervé, Montojo, Alcheh, Leppe and Bedford Islands. The islands were mapped from air photos by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–57), and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Sir Joseph Barcroft, a pioneer investigator of the physiological effects of high altitudes and cold.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

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

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[de] Barcroft-Inseln

Die Barcroft-Inseln sind eine Gruppe kleiner Inseln und Rifffelsen im Archipel der Biscoe-Inseln westlich der Loubet-Küste des Grahamlands im Norden der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie erstrecken sich unmittelbar südlich der Watkins-Insel über eine Länge von 8 km. Zu ihnen gehören Alcheh Island, Bedford Island, Hervé Island, Leppe Island, Irving Island, St. Brigid Island und St. Isidore Island.

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- [en] Barcroft Islands

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