Kitney Island | |
Map: | Antarctica |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -67.5167°N 67°W |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Kitney Island is a small island 10NaN0 east-northeast of the Smith Rocks, 10NaN0 southwest of the Wiltshire Rocks, and 2.50NaN0 northwest of the Paterson Islands, off the coast of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. The Lars Christensen Expedition (1936) first mapped this island which, though left unnamed, was included in a small group named by them "Spjotoyskjera" (now the Wiltshire Rocks). It was remapped by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) in 1956, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for V.J. Kitney, a supervising technician (radio) at Mawson Station in 1968.