Nicholson Island (Antarctica)
| Nicholson Island | ||
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| Waters | Newcomb Bay | |
| Archipelago | Bailey Rocks ( Windmill Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 17 ′ S , 110 ° 32 ′ E | |
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Nicholson Island is the westernmost island of the Bailey Rocks in the Windmill Islands archipelago off the Budd coast of East Antarctica Wilkesland . It is located 160 m northeast of Budnick Hill in Newcomb Bay .
The island was mapped using aerial photographs from the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it after the New Zealander Robert Thomas Nicholson (* 1938), who, as a carpenter, played a key role in the construction of the nearby Casey station in 1966.
Web links
- Nicholson Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nicholson Iceland (English) on geographic.org