Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Kilby Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Kilby Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An island on the southern side of Newcomb Bay on the Budd Coast. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after chief photographer's mate A.L. Kilby, USN, who took part in USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).
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