Daniel Island (Antarctica)

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Daniel Island
Waters Vincennes Bay
Archipelago Windmill Islands
Geographical location 66 ° 14 ′  S , 110 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 66 ° 14 ′  S , 110 ° 36 ′  E
Daniel Island (Antarctica) (Antarctica)
Daniel Island (Antarctica)
Map of the northern Windmill Islands with Daniel Island in the Swain Group (above center)
Map of the northern Windmill Islands with Daniel Island in the Swain Group (above center)

Daniel Island is a small rock island in the Windmill Islands archipelago off the Budd coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It is located south of Honkala Island and marks the southern end of the Swain Islands .

The island was roughly mapped using aerial photographs from the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). In 1957 a measurement was carried out by a team from the Wilkes station , which also included the American polar explorer Carl R. Eklund (1909–1962). Eklund named the island after David Daniel (* 1934) of the United States Navy , cook of the support unit for the winter team at Wilkes Station during the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958).

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