Sack Island

Sack Island is a rocky island, 0.7 kilometres (0.4 nmi) long, lying 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) east of the south end of Holl Island, in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in February 1947. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Norman F. Sack who served as photographer's mate with the central task force of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and assisted Operation Windmill parties in obtaining photographic coverage of this area in January 1948.

Sack Island
Sack Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°26′S 110°25′E
ArchipelagoWindmill Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Sack Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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