Barcroft Islands
The Barcroft Islands are a group of small islands and rocks about 5 miles in extent, lying close south of Watkins Island, Biscoe Islands. The group comprises St. Brigid, Irving, St.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leppe Island and Chakarov Island.
Leppe Island
Islet
Leppe Island is the ice-covered island in the Barcroft group of Biscoe Islands in Antarctica 1 km long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 430 m wide.
Chakarov Island
Island
Chakarov Island is the ice-covered island 2.18 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 600 m wide in the Barcroft group of Biscoe Islands. Its surface area is 92 ha.
St. Brigid Island
Island
St. Brigid Island is the ice-covered island 2.7 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 1.4 km wide, largest in the Barcroft group of Biscoe Islands. Its surface area is 222 ha. It is named after St. Brigid of Kildare, the patron saint of scholars.
Barcroft Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: group of small islands in Antarctica named after Sir Joseph Barcroft
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Barcroft Islands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barcroft”
- Chinese: “巴克羅夫特群島”
- Dutch: “Barcroft Islands”
- German: “Barcroft-Inseln”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Barcroft”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barcroft Islands”
- Spanish: “Barcroft, islas”
- Swedish: “Barcroft Islands”
- Swedish: “Barcroft”
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Highlights include Irving Island and Bedford Island.
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