Wyche Island

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wyche Island
Waters Vincennes Bay
Archipelago Swain Islands ( Windmill Islands )
Geographical location 66 ° 14 ′  S , 110 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 66 ° 14 ′  S , 110 ° 35 ′  E
Wyche Island (Antarctica)
Wyche Island
Map of the northern Windmill Islands with Wyche Island in the Swain Group (above center)
Map of the northern Windmill Islands with Wyche Island in the Swain Group (above center)

Wyche Island is a small island in the Windmill Islands archipelago off the Budd coast of Wilkesland, East Antarctica . In the group of Swain Islands it is south of the western end of the island Burnett Iceland .

Aerial photos of the island were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947) and in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and during a Soviet Antarctic expedition. In 1957, scientists at Wilkes Station under the direction of the US polar explorer Carl R. Eklund (1909–1962) carried out a survey. Eklund named her after Paul A. Wyche of the United States Navy , a member of the crew at Wilkes Station that same year.

Web links