Driscoll Island

Driscoll Island

Driscoll Island (76°12′S 146°55′W / 76.2°S 146.917°W / -76.2; -146.917) is a narrow, ice-covered island 16 miles long, lying in Block Bay along the coast of Marie Byrd Land. The feature was partially delineated from air photos taken by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-30) on the flight of December 5, 1929. The island was completely mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1959-65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lawrence J. Driscoll, BM1, USN, Boatswain's Mate aboard USS Glacier along this coast, 1961-62.

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