Miles Island

Miles Island is a rocky island 6 kilometres (3 nmi) long, lying just north of Booth Peninsula in the Mariner Islands, Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1946–47, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for R.A. Miles, an air crewman on Operation Highjump photographic flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14° and 164° East longitude.[1]

Miles Island
Miles Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°4′S 101°15′E
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  1. "Miles Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-25.

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