Burtis Island Explained

Burtis Island
Map:Antarctica
Location:Antarctica
Population:Uninhabited
Country:None
Treaty System:Antarctic Treaty System

Burtis Island is a small island lying 100NaN0 east of Cape Dart, Siple Island, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1962–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William J. Burtis, an ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station in 1965.