词条 | Biggs Island |
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| name = Biggs Island | image_name = | image_caption = | map = Antarctica | map_caption = Location in Antarctica | nickname = | location = Antarctica | coordinates = {{coord|67.798520|S|68.882755|W|format=dms|region:AQ|display=inline, title}} | archipelago = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | country = None | treaty_system = Antarctic Treaty System }} Biggs Island is a small island forming the easternmost of the Henkes Islands, off the south end of Adelaide Island. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 for Thomas Biggs, a Falkland Islander, coxswain of the launch of RRS John Biscoe, which was used by the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit to chart this island in 1963. See also
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1 : Islands of Adelaide Island |
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