Warrington Island

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Warrington Island
Waters Vincennes Bay
Archipelago Windmill Islands
Geographical location 66 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  S , 110 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 66 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  S , 110 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  E
Warrington Island (Antarctica)
Warrington Island
length 1.1 km
Map of the Middle Windmill Islands with Warrington Island (left of center)
Map of the Middle Windmill Islands with Warrington Island (left of center)

Warrington Island is a 1.1 km long rock island in the Windmill Islands archipelago off the Budd coast of Wilkesland, East Antarctica . It is located immediately south of Pidgeon Island .

The island was first mapped using aerial photographs from the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947) and Operation Windmill (1947–1948). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1956 after William H. Warrington, aerial photographer for the United States Navy during Operation Highjump.

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