Bousquet Island
| Bousquet Island | ||
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| Waters | Penney Bay | |
| Archipelago | Windmill Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 110 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 550 m | |
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Bousquet Island is a 550 m long island in the Windmill Islands archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It is located immediately east of the island of Herring Island .
The island was first mapped using aerial photographs of the US Operation Highjump (1946-1947) and Operation Windmill (1947-1948). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them after Edward A. Bousquet, a member of the United States Navy support units for the winter crew at Wilkes Station during the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958).
Web links
- Bousquet Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bousquet Island on geographic.org (English)