Fuller Island

Fuller Island is an island in the Highjump Archipelago, 7 kilometres (4 nmi) long and 3 kilometres (1.5 nmi) wide, lying 4 kilometres (2 nmi) south of Thomas Island on the south side of Cacapon Inlet. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for H.F. Fuller, an air crewman on the Operation Highjump seaplane commanded by D.E. Bunger which landed in this area in February 1947.[1]

Fuller Island
Fuller Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°12′S 101°0′E
Length7 km (4.3 mi)
Width3 km (1.9 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References
  1. "Fuller Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-12.

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