Krogh Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Krogh Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
one of the Biscoe Islands (q.v.) between Lavoisier Island and Dubois Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of cold-climate physiology grouped in this area, named after August Krogh (1874-1949), Danish physiologist, who studied human metabolism, the functional activity of the capillaries and blood circulation in cold climates; Nobel Laureate in physiology, 1920 (APC, 1960, p.5; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961). Kroch [sic] Island (BA, 1974, p.197).
No images of this place could be found.