Miles Island

Miles Island

Miles Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°4′S 101°15′E / 66.067°S 101.250°E / -66.067; 101.250Coordinates: 66°4′S 101°15′E / 66.067°S 101.250°E / -66.067; 101.250
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Miles Island is a rocky island six kilometres (three nautical miles) long, lying just north of Booth Peninsula in the Mariner Islands, Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1946–1947, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for , an air crewman on Operation Highjump photographic flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14° and 164° East longitude.^[1]

See also[]

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References[]

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Miles Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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