Babushkin Island

Babushkin Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location| Oates Land, Antarctica
Coordinates| 69°6′S 157°36′E / 69.100°S 157.600°E / -69.100; 157.600Coordinates: 69°6′S 157°36′E / 69.100°S 157.600°E / -69.100; 157.600
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population| Uninhabited

Babushkin Island (69°6′S 157°36′E / 69.100°S 157.600°E / -69.100; 157.600) is a small island lying 10 kilometres (5.5 nmi) north of Archer Point and 9 kilometres (5 nmi) east of Matusevich Glacier Tongue, Oates Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958) and named for Mikhail Babushkin, a Soviet polar aviator lost in the Arctic.[1]

## See also[edit]

* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
* Geography portal
* Islands portal

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Babushkin Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-16.

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