Griffith Island (Antarctica)
| Griffith Island | ||
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| Waters | Robertson Canal | |
| Archipelago | Windmill Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 18 ′ S , 110 ° 32 ′ E | |
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Griffith Island is an island in the Windmill Islands archipelago off the Budd coast of Wilkesland, East Antarctica . It is located at the southern entrance to the Robertson Canal in Vincennes Bay .
The island was mapped using aerial photographs from the US Operation Highjump (1946-1947) and Operation Windmill (1947-1948). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them after Russell B. Griffith, senior firefighter at Wilkes Station in 1958.
Web links
- Griffith Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Griffith Island on geographic.org (English)