{{short description| Island in Antarctica}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox islands | name = Koechlin Island | image_name = | image_caption = | map = Antarctica | map_caption = Location in Antarctica | nickname = | location = [[Antarctica]] | coordinates = {{coord|66|42|S|67|38|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | population = Uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | country = None | treaty_system = [[Antarctic Treaty System]] }}
'''Koechlin Island''' is an island off the northeast coast of [[Adelaide Island]], Antarctica, about {{Convert|4.5|nmi|km|0|disp=flip}} south of the [[Sillard Islands]]. It was mapped from air photos taken by the [[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition]] (1947–48) and the [[Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition]] (1956–57). The island was named by the [[UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] for Swiss glaciologist [[René Koechlin]], author of ''Les glaciers et leur mechanisme'', 1944.<ref name=gnis/>
== See also == * [[List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands]]
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 8098| name = Koechlin Island | access-date = 2013-05-13}}</ref> }}
{{Adelaide Island}} {{West Antarctica}} {{Antarctica}} {{usgs-gazetteer|id=8098}}
[[Category:Islands of Adelaide Island]]
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