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Berkley Island (66°13′S 110°39′E) is an island, 1 km long, which marks the north-eastern end of the Swain Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was included in a survey of the Swain Islands in 1957 by Wilkes Station personnel under Carl R. Eklund. It was named by Eklund for Richard J. Berkley, a geomagnetician with the US-IGY wintering party of 1957 at Wilkes Station.[1]

Berkley Island

Berkley Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Coordinates	66°13′S 110°39′E
Archipelago	Swain Islands
Length	1 km (0.6 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Important Bird Area

The island, along with neighbouring Cameron Island, the intervening sea and smaller islets, has been identified as a 97 ha Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports some 14,000 pairs of breeding Adélie penguins (as estimated from January 2011 satellite imagery). It lies about 9 km east of Australia's Casey Station.[2]

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

References

External links

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

На других языках

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[de] Berkley Island

Berkley Island ist eine 800 m lange Felseninsel mit ostwestlicher Ausrichtung im Archipel der Windmill-Inseln vor der Küste des ostantarktischen Wilkeslands. Sie liegt am nordöstlichen Ende der Gruppe der Swain-Inseln.

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- [en] Berkley Island

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[it] Isola Berkley

L'isola Berkley (in inglese Berkley Island) è una piccola isola antartica facente parte dell'arcipelago Windmill.

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