Chappel Island

Chappel Island
Chappel Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Vincennes Bay
Coordinates 66°11′S 110°25′E / 66.183°S 110.417°E / -66.183; 110.417Coordinates: 66°11′S 110°25′E / 66.183°S 110.417°E / -66.183; 110.417
Archipelago Donovan Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Chappel Island is the largest of the Donovan Islands, lying about 9.3 kilometres (5 nmi) northwest of Clark Peninsula in the eastern part of Vincennes Bay. The island has a number of large Adélie penguin rookeries. It was first mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Chief Warrant Officer R.L. Chappel, United States Marine Corps, motion picture officer on Operation Highjump photographic flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 east longitude.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chappel Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-03.

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