Suchland Islands
| Suchland Islands | ||
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| Waters | Cranton Bay , Amundsen Sea | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 6 ′ S , 102 ° 32 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 8th | |
The Suchland Islands are a group of around eight small islands off the Walgreen coast of West Antarctic Ellsworthland . They are in the center of the entrance to Cranton Bay .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them using their own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1968 after Everett Burdett Suchland Jr. (* 1939), radio operator at Byrd Station in 1967.
Web links
- Search Country Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Suchland Islands on geographic.org (English)