Zukriegel Island | |
Map: | Antarctic Peninsula#Antarctica |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Antarctica |
Location: | Antarctica |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Zukriegel Island is an island 1disp=flipNaNdisp=flip long, lying between Rabot Island and Hennessy Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Josef Zukriegel, Czechoslovakian geographer who specialized in sea ice studies.