Preston Island

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Not to be confused with Preston Island, Fife in Scotland.

Preston Island (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) is the largest of the Henkes Islands, lying off the south end of Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 for Frank Preston, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) officer in charge and surveyor at Adelaide station, 1961–62, and member of the first party to winter there.

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Preston Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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