Bates Island
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Bates Island is a narrow island
nearly 3 miles (4.8 km) long lying 3 miles (5 km) east of Jurva Point
, Renaud Island
, in the Biscoe Islands
, that was first accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
in 1959 for Charles C. Bates, American oceanographer who has specialized in sea ice studies.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
nearly 3 miles (4.8 km) long lying 3 miles (5 km) east of Jurva Point
Jurva Point
Jurva Point is the extremity of a small peninsula forming the southeast end of Renaud Island, in the Biscoe Islands. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Risto Jurva, Finnish oceanographer and...
, Renaud Island
Renaud Island
Renaud Island is an ice-covered island, long and from wide, lying between the Pitt Islands and Rabot Island in the Biscoe Islands.- Discovery :...
, in the Biscoe Islands
Biscoe Islands
Biscoe Islands is a series of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, Rabot, Lavoisier and Watkins, lying parallel to the W coast of Graham Land and extending some in a NE–SW direction...
, that was first accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
in 1959 for Charles C. Bates, American oceanographer who has specialized in sea ice studies.