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    Skilling Island

    60°47′S 45°09′W

    Skilling Island is a small island immediately north of Atriceps Island, in the Robertson Islands group of the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. Although roughly charted at a much earlier date, the island was first surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel.

    60°47′S 45°09′W

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    Skilling Island is a small island immediately north of Atriceps Island, in the Robertson Islands group of the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. Although roughly charted at a much earlier date, the island was first surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Charles J. Skilling (1931–52) of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), general assistant at Signy Island in 1949, and member of the sledge party which visited the Robertson Islands the same year. Skilling died aboard the John Biscoe on 17 April 1952.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Robertson Islands

    • Matthews Island

      2.8 km²▲ 305 m

      Major islands

    • Robertson Islands

      0.56 km²▲ 166 m

      Major islands

    • Steepholm

      0.24 km²▲ 76 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.18 km²▲ 103 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.15 km²▲ 31 m

      Minor islands

    • Atriceps Island

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      Minor islands

    Also in Scotia Arc

    Also in South Orkney Islands

    Sources

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia