Currituck Island
| Currituck Island | ||
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| Waters | Edisto Canal | |
| Archipelago | Highjump Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 5 ′ S , 100 ° 40 ′ E | |
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| length | 11 km | |
The Currituck Island is a 11km long island with numerous small coves off the coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country . It is located in the Highjump Archipelago on the northwest side of the Edisto Canal .
It was mapped using aerial photographs from Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the island after the USS Currituck , flagship of the operation's western team. At that time, the northern part of the island was considered a separate island and named Mohaupt Island after Harold Ernest Mohaupt (1916–1971), a crew member on flights during Operation Highjump. Participants of the Second Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956–1958) cleared this mistake out.
Web links
- Currituck Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Currituck Island on geographic.org (English)