66°32′S 66°58′W
Pauling Islands
Part of Biscoe Islands
Pauling Islands (66°32′S 66°58′W) is a separate group of islands lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Barcroft Islands, in Crystal Sound. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958–59). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Linus C.
Overview
Pauling Islands (66°32′S 66°58′W) is a separate group of islands lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Barcroft Islands, in Crystal Sound. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958–59). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Linus C. Pauling, American chemist; originator of a theory of the structure of ice, in about 1935.
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Census, cataloged
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Unnamed island0.33 km²
- Unnamed island0.08 km²
- Unnamed island0.03 km²
- Unnamed island0.03 km²
- Unnamed island0.02 km²
- Unnamed island0.02 km²
- Unnamed island0.9 ha
- Unnamed island0.8 ha
- Unnamed island0.8 ha
- Unnamed island0.7 ha
- Unnamed island0.7 ha
- Unnamed island0.5 ha
Figures
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Unnamed island | 0.33 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.08 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.9 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.8 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.8 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.4 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |