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Birkenhauer Island is a mainly ice-free Antarctic island lying south of Boffa Island in the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the US-ACAN for Reverend Henry F. Birkenhauer, S. J., seismologist and member of the Wilkes Station party of 1958.

Birkenhauer Island

Birkenhauer Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°29′S 110°37′E
Archipelago	Windmill Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

References

External links

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

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[de] Birkenhauer Island

Birkenhauer Island ist eine größtenteils eisfreie Insel im Archipel der Windmill-Inseln vor der Küste des ostantarktischen Wilkeslands. Sie liegt südlich von Boffa Island vor der Westseite der Browning-Halbinsel.

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- [en] Birkenhauer Island

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[it] Isola Birkenhauer

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

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