Chick Island
| Chick Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern Ocean (sector between the Mawson Sea and the D'Urville Sea ) | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 47 ′ S , 121 ° 0 ′ E | |
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Chick Island is an isolated rocky island off the Sabrina coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It is located about 16 km northeast of the Henry Islands .
Aerial photographs of the US American Operation Highjump (1946–1947) were used to map them. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1963 after Amos C. Chick (1801 – after 1870), carpenter on the sloop USS Vincennes , flagship of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) under the direction of the American polar explorer Charles Wilkes .
Web links
- Chick Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chick Island on geographic.org (English)