Spayd Island
| Spayd Island | ||
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| Waters | Amery Ice Shelf | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 33 '24 " S , 72 ° 7' 4" O | |
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| length | 3 km | |
Spayd Island is an icy and 3 km long island with numerous rocky outcrops off the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It is located off the southeast side of Gillock Island on the eastern edge of the Amery Ice Shelf .
The American geographer John Hobbie Roscoe (1919–2007) mapped it using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy as part of Operation Highjump (1946–1947). Roscoe named the island after Alfred William Spayd (1920-2004), a crew member on the reconnaissance flights during this operation between the 14th and 164th longitude east .
Web links
- Spayd Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Spayd Island on geographic.org (English)