Wyche Island

Wyche
Wyche
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Coordinates 66°14′S 110°35′E / 66.233°S 110.583°E / -66.233; 110.583Coordinates: 66°14′S 110°35′E / 66.233°S 110.583°E / -66.233; 110.583
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 Paul A. Wyche, U.S. Navy, a member of the Wilkes Station party, 1957.

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