Preston Island

Preston Island

Preston Island (coord|67|48|S|68|59|W|) is the largest of the Henkes Islands, lying off the south end of Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 for Frank Preston, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) officer in charge and surveyor at Adelaide station, 1961-62, and member of the first party to winter there.

See also

* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands


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