- Hearst Island
Hearst Island (coord|69|25|S|062|10|W|) is an ice-covered, dome-shaped
island lying 6 km east ofCape Rymill , in theWeddell Sea , off the eastern coast ofPalmer Land . The island is 58 km (36 mi) long, in a North-South direction, 11 km (7 mi) wide, and rises to 365 metres, or 1200 feet.It was first sighted on a flight on
December 20 ,1928 by SirHubert Wilkins . Thinking it was part of the mainland ofAntarctica , he named it Hearst Land, forWilliam Randolph Hearst who helped finance the expedition. It was resighted and its insularity ascertained in 1940 by members of the USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air. They named itWilkins Island . Examination of aerial photographs have shown, however, that this large island is what Wilkins considered Hearst Land.References
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=GN9UQMuNQNkC&pg=PA478&lpg=PA478&dq=hearst+island&source=web&ots=gTx_26uvyr&sig=-9ieQ3UQeFEaUJbBA643ZVXiQxc| Merriam-Webster's Online Geographical Dictionary]
* [http://www.scarmarbin.be/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=10375|SCAR Portal]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=GN9UQMuNQNkC&pg=PA478&lpg=PA478&dq=hearst+island+antarctica&source=web&ots=gTx_26vuwp&sig=JIH8JD2mHuchyY88D71dUqYeAxQ|Merrian-Websters Geographical Dictionary]
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