Phelps Island
| Phelps Island | ||
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| Waters | Vincennes Bay | |
| Archipelago | Windmill Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 17 ′ S , 110 ° 30 ′ E | |
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Phelps Island is a small island in the Windmill Islands archipelago off the Budd coast of Wilkesland, East Antarctica . It is located immediately west of the northern end of Shirley 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 Robert F. Phelps of the United States Navy , who was involved in the construction of astronomical observation stations during Operation Windmill in January 1948.
Web links
- Phelps Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Phelps Island on geographic.org (English)