Johnson Island (Antarctica)
| Johnson Island | ||
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| Waters | Abbot Ice Shelf in the Bellingshausen Sea | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 52 ′ S , 93 ° 54 ′ W | |
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| length | 14 km | |
| width | 8 kilometers | |
The Johnson Island is a 14 kmm long, 8 km wide and icy island within the Abbot Ice Shelf off the Eights Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . It is located 22 km southeast of Dustin Island .
It was discovered as an ice dome by the crew of the icebreaker USS Glacier in February and the position was roughly recorded. The United States Geological Survey carried out a new mapping process in 1966 using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the island in 1968 after Theodore L. Johnson, an electrical engineer at Byrd Station from 1964 to 1965.
Web links
- Johnson Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Johnson Island on geographic.org