Wyche Island
![]() ![]() Wyche Location in Antarctica | |
Geography | |
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Coordinates | 66°14′S 110°35′E / 66.233°S 110.583°ECoordinates: 66°14′S 110°35′E / 66.233°S 110.583°E |
Archipelago | Swain Islands |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Wyche Island is a small island just south of the west end of Burnett Island in the Swain Islands. This region was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1956), and the Soviet expedition (1956). The island was included in a 1957 ground survey by C.R. Eklund. He named it for aerographer's mate , U.S. Navy, a member of the Wilkes Station party, 1957.
See also[]
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Wyche Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
Categories:
- Islands of Wilkes Land
- Wilkes Land geography stubs