Maher Island

Maher Island is a small horseshoe-shaped island which has numerous areas of exposed rock, lying 13 kilometres (7 nmi) north of the northwest end of Siple Island, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed from aircraft of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander Eugene Maher, U.S. Navy, commanding officer of USS Glacier during Operation Deep Freeze, 1955–56.[1]

Maher Island
Maher Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates72°58′S 126°22′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

The island is one of three considered closest to the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility, also known as 'Point Nemo'.

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  1. "Maher Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-26.

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