Harrop Island

Harrop Island

Harrop Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°16′S 46°52′E / 67.267°S 46.867°E / -67.267; 46.867Coordinates: 67°16′S 46°52′E / 67.267°S 46.867°E / -67.267; 46.867
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Harrop Island is a small island lying close to the coast and 6 kilometres (3 nmi) northwest of Felton Head, Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for J.R. Harrop, a weather observer at Wilkes Station in 1960.^[1]

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Harrop Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).