McLean Island
| Collyer Island | ||
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| Waters | Mawson Lake | |
| Archipelago | Balaena Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 1 ′ S , 110 ° 8 ′ E | |
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McLean Island is an island off the Budd coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . In the group of the Balaena Islands , it is 0.2 km south of Thompson Island .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them after Nigel McLean (1922-2001), flight captain of the factory ship Balaena for mapping the Budd and Knox coasts .
Web links
- McLean Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)