Carter Island (Antarctica)
| Carter Island | ||
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| Waters | Amundsen Sea , Southern Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 73 ° 59 ′ S , 114 ° 57 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Carter Island is a small, ice-covered island in Glade Bay , off the west coast of the Martin Peninsula on the Bakutis coast of West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land .
It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1959-66 using site surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the island after Lieutenant George William Carter (1925-2008). Carter was a member of Navy Aviation Unit VX6 and served as the maintenance coordinator of the Williams Field landing field on McMurdo Sound during Operation Deep Freeze in 1966 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Carter Island ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 289. (English)
- ^ Explorer's Gazette. Volume 8, Issue 3, July-September 2008. ( PDF; 2.9 MB ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link accordingly Instructions and then remove this notice. )
