  Kirsty IslandLocation in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 67°36′S 68°16′W / 67.600°S 68.267°W / -67.600; -68.267 |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Kirsty Island is an island in Ryder Bay, west of Lagoon Island and East of Léonie Island. It has outcrops of reddish rocks and is used by scientists at Rothera Research Station as a site for marine research and recreation. It is named for Kirsty Brown, a marine biologist with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) who died whilst snorkelling at Rothera Station in July 2003.
References
- "Kirsty Island". data.aad.gov.au. Australian Antarctic Data centre. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- "Kirsty M Brown". www.antarctic-monument.org. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
| Adelaide Island | |
|---|---|
| Stations and bases | |
| Hills, peaks, and nunatuks | |
| Glaciers | |
| Other inland features | |
| Coastal features | |
| Off-shore | |
| West Antarctica | |
|---|---|
| Areas | |
| Major ice shelves | |
| Seas and major islands | |
| Antarctica | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geography |
|  | ||||||
| History | ||||||||
| Politics | ||||||||
| Society | ||||||||
| Famous explorers | ||||||||
This article incorporates public domain material from "Kirsty Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
 | This Adelaide Island location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |