Greater Mackellar Island

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]

Greater Mackellar Island
Greater Mackellar Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°58′S 142°39′E
Length1.1 km (0.68 mi)
Width0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

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

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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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