Cockburn Island (Antarctica)

Cockburn Island

Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°12′S 56°51′W / 64.2°S 56.85°W / -64.2; -56.85
Length	1 mi (2 km)
Width	1 mi (2 km)
Highest elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
Country
Antarctica
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Cockburn Island (64°12′S 56°51′W / 64.2°S 56.85°W / -64.2; -56.85) is a circular island 1 mile (1.6 km) in diameter, consisting of a high plateau with steep slopes surmounted on the northwest side by a pyramidal peak 450 m (1,476 ft) high, lying in the northeast entrance to Admiralty Sound, south of the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by a British expedition under Ross, 1839-43, who named it for Admiral George Cockburn, Royal Navy, then Senior Naval Lord of the Admiralty.

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

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cockburn Island

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