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)
Burgess Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Burgess Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au
Feature type: Island
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A small, elongated island trending north-east to south-west which is the larger and the western most of a pair of islands in this vicinity. The island is about 4.3 km west of Cook Island. Dr Jim Burgess is an Australian geomorphologist who has conducted extensive research in the Larsemann Hills.
Dr Jim Burgess is an Australian geomorphologist who has conducted extensive research in the Larsemann Hills.
No images of this place could be found.
Biodiversity
View
fauna,
flora or
both
within 1.0 degree of this location
Place names
View
Australian or
international
place names within 1.0 degree of this location.