Antarctica

Killingbeck Island

Killingbeck Island is a small island lying east of Rothera Point, off the southeast coast of , Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1964 for John B.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Isla Cerrito”, “Isla Jimenez”, and “Isla Jiménez”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rothera Air Facility and Dirck Gerritsz.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an airfield serving , the British Antarctic Survey logistics centre for the and home of well-equipped biological laboratories and facilities for a wide range of research.

Dwelling
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Laboratory is a Dutch research facility on near . It is operated by the Netherlands Polar Programme of the Dutch Research Council and British Antarctic Survey and was opened on 27 January 2013.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rothera Research Station.

Hamlet
Photo: Dconnor9, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is a British Antarctic Survey base on the , located at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island. Rothera also serves as the capital of the British Antarctic Territory, a British Overseas Territory.

Killingbeck Island

Latitude
-67.57181° or 67° 34′ 19″ south
Longitude
-68.07247° or 68° 4′ 21″ west
Open location code
374HCWHH+72
Open­Street­Map ID
way 225840050
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
6636060
Wiki­data ID
Q6407814
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Satellite Map

Discover Killingbeck Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Killingbeck Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Cerrito”
  • Chinese: “基林貝克島”
  • Dutch: “Cerrito”
  • Dutch: “Killingbeck Island”
  • German: “Killingbeck Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Killingbeck Island”
  • Spanish: “Cerrito, isla”
  • Spanish: “Jiménez, Isla”
  • Swedish: “Cerrito”
  • Swedish: “Killingbeck Island”

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Highlights include Rothera Skiway and Trolval Island.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Killingbeck Island”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.