McCarthy Island (Kemp Land)

McCarthy Island is an island 4 kilometres (2 nmi) long, lying just northeast of Fold Island, off the coast of Kemp Land, Antarctica. It was mapped as part of Fold Island (Foldoya) by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, but was identified as a separate island by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) geological party in 1961. The island was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for W.R. McCarthy, an Australian petrologist who described several hundred specimens from Antarctica collected by ANARE geologists.[1]

McCarthy Island
McCarthy Island is located in Antarctica
McCarthy Island
McCarthy Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates67°16′S 59°25′E
Length4 km (2.5 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also

References
  1. "McCarthy Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-09-03.

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