McCarthy Island (Kemp Land)

McCarthy Island is an island 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long, lying just northeast of Fold Island, off the coast of Kemp Land. Mapped as part of Fold Island (Foldoya) by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Identified as a separate island by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) geological party, 1961. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for W.R. McCarthy, Australian petrologist, who described several hundred specimens from Antarctica collected by ANARE geologists.

See also

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

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

Coordinates: 67°16′S 59°25′E / 67.267°S 59.417°E / -67.267; 59.417

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