Mousinho Island
| Mousinho Island | ||
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| Waters | Amery Ice Shelf , Southern Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 38 ′ S , 71 ° 58 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 235 m | |
Mousinho Island is a partly icy and up to 235 m high island off the coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It is located 3 km from the southern end of Gillock Island in the middle of the Amery Ice Shelf .
Aerial photographs of the US American Operation Highjump (1946–1947) and the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) from 1958 were used to map them. It was first visited in January 1969 by an ANARE team led by John Manning (* 1937) to explore the Prince Charles Mountains . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them after Anthony L. Mousinho, pilot of a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver in the service of this team.
Web links
- Mousinho Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mousinho Island on geographic.org (English)