Zykov Island (66°32′S 93°1′E / 66.533°S 93.017°E) is a small island between Fulmar Island and Buromskiy Island in the Haswell Islands, near Queen Mary Land on Antarctica.[1] It was discovered and first mapped by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson of 1911–14 but mistakenly identified as part of Fulmar Island.[2] Remapped by the Soviet expedition of 1956, it was named for Ye. Zykov, a student navigator who died in Antarctica on 3 February 1957.[3]
Research has been done around the island. Because of its remoteness, the undisturbed benthic zone of Zykov Island was studied from 1970 to 1972, with underwater dives and sample collections.[4][5] A decade later, the University of Canterbury studied Paramoera walkeri on Zykov Island and elsewhere in the Antarctic.[6]
See also edit
- List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands
- Zykov Glacier, also named for Ye. Zykov.
References edit
- ^ Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (1965). "Zykov Island". A.N.A.R.E. Scientific Reports (75–90?). Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs: 153 – via Google Books.
- ^ Alberts, Fred G. (1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic. National Science Foundation. p. 263 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Antarctica Detail: Zykov Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. U. S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Mirny Observatory". Information Bulletin. 8. American Geophysical Journal. 1970 – via Google Books.
- ^ Llano, George Albert (1977). Adaptations Within Antarctic Ecosystems: Proceedings of the Third SCAR Symposium on Antarctic Biology. Smithsonian Institution – via Google Books.
- ^ Sagar, P. M. (25 March 1980). "Life Cycle and Growth of the Antarctic Gammarid Amphipod Paramoera walkeri (Stebbing, 1906)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 10. Christchurch: Zoology Department, University of Canterbury: 266. doi:10.1080/03036758.1980.10415332 – via Google Books.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Zykov Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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