Bielecki Island

Island in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica

64°46′S 64°29′W / 64.767°S 64.483°W / -64.767; -64.483AdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Bielecki Island (64°46′S 64°29′W / 64.767°S 64.483°W / -64.767; -64.483) is an island 1 kilometre (0.5 nmi) north of Trundy Island in the western part of the Joubin Islands. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Johannes N. Bielecki, an assistant engineer in RV Hero on her first Antarctic voyage to Palmer Station in 1968.[1]

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Bielecki Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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