Hailstorm Island
Hailstorm Island | ||
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Waters | Vincennes Bay | |
Archipelago | Swain Islands ( Windmill Islands ) | |
Geographical location | 66 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ S , 110 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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length | 400 m | |
Map of the northern Windmill Islands with Hailstorm Island in the Swain Group (above center) |
Hailstorm Island is a 400 m long rock island in the archipelago of the Windmill Islands off the Budd coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . In the center of the group of Swain Islands lie between the islands of Cameron Iceland and Burnett Iceland .
The island was roughly mapped using aerial photographs from the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). In 1957, scientists at Wilkes Station under the direction of the US polar explorer Carl R. Eklund (1909–1962) carried out a survey. Eklund named it after Kenneth José Hailstorm (1936-2005), a member of a unit in the United States Navy in support of the winter team at Wilkes Station during the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958).
Web links
- Hailstorm Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hailstorm Island on geographic.org (English)