Greater Mackellar Island

Greater Mackellar Island
Greater Mackellar Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 66°58′S 142°39′E / 66.967°S 142.650°E / -66.967; 142.650Coordinates: 66°58′S 142°39′E / 66.967°S 142.650°E / -66.967; 142.650
Length 1.1 km (0.68 mi)
Width 0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Greater Mackellar Island, also Great Mackellar Islet, is the largest of the Mackellar Islands, lying 4 kilometres (2 nmi) north of Cape Denison in the center of Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica. It was discovered and named by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson.[1]

The Island is about 1100 m long, and up to 500 m wide.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Greater Mackellar Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
  2. ↑ measured from Wikimapia

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