Bob Island

Coordinates: 64°56′15″S 63°26′0″W / 64.93750°S 63.43333°W / -64.93750; -63.43333
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Bob Island
Bob Island is located in Antarctica
Bob Island
Bob Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°56′15″S 63°26′0″W / 64.93750°S 63.43333°W / -64.93750; -63.43333
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Bob Island is a rocky island 1 nautical mile (2 km) long and 145 metres (480 ft) high, lying 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) made a landing on this island. Although it differs somewhat in size and position from the BelgAE reports, the FIDS found it closely resembles the BelgAE photograph and consider it to be the island originally named.[1]

See also

  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

  1. ^ "Bob Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 27 July 2011.

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