Merger Island

Merger Island is an ice-covered island 6 kilometres (3 nmi) long at the entrance of Haydn Inlet, lying off the west coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was first mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947–48 by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960. The name given by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is descriptive, the island being almost submerged in the surrounding Wilkins Ice Shelf.[1]

Merger Island
Merger Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates70°6′S 71°13′W
Length5.556 km (3.4523 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  1. "Merger Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-19.

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