Boyd Island

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Coordinates68°32′41″S 77°56′38″E / 68.54472°S 77.94389°E / -68.54472; 77.94389
Highestelevation30.5 m (100.1 ft)
PopulationUninhabited
Boyd Island
Adélie penguins breed in the IBA
Boyd Island is located in Antarctica
Boyd Island
Boyd Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationPrincess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica
Coordinates68°32′41″S 77°56′38″E / 68.54472°S 77.94389°E / -68.54472; 77.94389
Highest elevation30.5 m (100.1 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Boyd Island is an island in Prydz Bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. It lies just SSW of Lugg Island, and about 3.5 km NNW of Australia's Davis Station on Broad Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. It was named after Jeff J. Boyd, a Medical Officer at Davis in 1970.[1]

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