Bunt Island

Bunt Island

Bunt Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°9′S 50°57′E / 67.150°S 50.950°E / -67.150; 50.950Coordinates: 67°9′S 50°57′E / 67.150°S 50.950°E / -67.150; 50.950
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Bunt Island (67°9′S 50°57′E / 67.150°S 50.950°E / -67.150; 50.950) is an island just east of Bowl Island at the head of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land. It was sighted in 1956 by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions airborne field party, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for J. Bunt, biologist at Mawson Station in 1956.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

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