Kizer Island
Topographic map sheet with Kizer Island in the Northeast
Kizer Island is located in Antarctica
Kizer Island
Kizer Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates77°16′S 150°48′W / 77.267°S 150.800°W / -77.267; -150.800
Length30 km (19 mi)
Highest elevation465 m (1526 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Kizer Island is an ice-covered island about 30 kilometres (15 nmi) long, lying 20 kilometres (10 nmi) southwest of Cronenwett Island at the west end of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf off Saunders Coast, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped from surveys by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and from U.S. Navy air photos (1959–65), and was named for Lieutenant T.L. Kizer, U.S. Navy, a helicopter pilot on the USS Glacier (AGB-4) who sighted the island from the air on January 26, 1962.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Kizer Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  2. Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 395. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Kizer Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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