Pidgeon Island
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Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 66°19′S 110°27′E / 66.317°S 110.450°E |
Archipelago | Windmill Islands |
Length | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Pidgeon Island is a rocky
US-ACAN
for E. C. Pidgeon, Photographer's Mate on Operation Highjump flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 East longitude. Thought to be a separate unit, the eastern part of this feature was previously named O'Brien Islet. The name O'Brien is now applied to the bay north of Mitchell Peninsula.
Lynsky Cove
Lynsky Cove is a cove in the north side of the island. Named by the US-ACAN for Chief Builder James E. Lynsky, USN, a member of the Wilkes Station party of 1958.
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Harrigan Hill
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
References
External links
This article incorporates public domain material from "Pidgeon Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.