McMullin Island

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McMullin Island
Waters Newcomb Bay
Archipelago Windmill Islands
Geographical location 66 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  S , 110 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 66 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  S , 110 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  E
McMullin Island (Antarctica)
McMullin Island
length 500 m
Map of the northern Windmill Islands with McMullin Island (lower half of the map)
Map of the northern Windmill Islands with McMullin Island (lower half of the map)

McMullin Island is a 500 m long rock island in the archipelago of the Windmill Islands off the Budd coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It is located in the southern section of the entrance to Newcomb Bay between the islands of Shirley Island and Kilby Island and west of Bøving Island .

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 in 1956 after John P. McMullin of the United States Navy , who was involved in the construction of astronomical observation stations during Operation Windmill in January 1948.

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