Kirton Island
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 67°30′S 63°38′E / 67.500°S 63.633°E |
| Archipelago | Robinson Islands |
| Length | 0.6 km (0.37 mi) |
| Width | 0.3 km (0.19 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Kirton Island is a small coastal island of the Robinson Group, lying 6 kilometres (3 nmi) west of Cape Daly, Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica, and about 3 kilometres (1.5 nmi) south of Macklin Island. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for M. Kirton, a geophysicist at Mawson Station in 1959.