Zykov Island

Zykov Island (66°32′S 93°1′E) is a small island between Fulmar Island and Buromskiy Island in the Haswell Islands, near Queen Mary Land on Antarctica.[1] It was discovered and first mapped by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson of 1911–14 but mistakenly identified as part of Fulmar Island.[2] Remapped by the Soviet expedition of 1956, it was named for Ye. Zykov, a student navigator who died in Antarctica on February 3, 1957.[3]

Research has been done around the island. Because of its remoteness, the undisturbed benthic zone of Zykov Island was studied from 1970–72, with underwater dives and sample collections.[4][5] A decade later, the University of Canterbury studied Paramoera walkeri on Zykov Island and elsewhere in the Antarctic.[6]

See also
  • List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References
  1. Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (1965). "Zykov Island". A.N.A.R.E. Scientific Reports. Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs (75–90?): 153 – via Google Books.
  2. Alberts, Fred G. (1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic. National Science Foundation. p. 263 – via Google Books.
  3. "Antarctica Detail: Zykov Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. U. S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  4. "Mirny Observatory". Information Bulletin. American Geophysical Journal. 8. 1970 – via Google Books.
  5. Llano, George Albert (1977). Adaptations Within Antarctic Ecosystems: Proceedings of the Third SCAR Symposium on Antarctic Biology. Smithsonian Institution – via Google Books.
  6. Sagar, P. M. (March 25, 1980). "Life Cycle and Growth of the Antarctic Gammarid Amphipod Paramoera walkeri (Stebbing, 1906)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Christchurch: Zoology Department, University of Canterbury: 266. doi:10.1080/03036758.1980.10415332 – via Google Books.

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

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