McCarthy Island (Antarctica)
| McCarthy Island | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ S , 59 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 4 km | |
| width | 3 km | |
McCarthy Island is a 4 km long and 3 km wide island off the coast of the East Antarctic Kemplands . It is located immediately northeast of Foldøya .
Based on aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37, Norwegian cartographers mistakenly believed it was part of Foldøya. A team of geologists from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) identified it as a separate island in 1961. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them after the petrologist W. R. McCarthy, who was involved in the analysis of the ANARE rock collections.
Web links
- McCarthy Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- McCarthy Island on geographic.org (English)