Nelly Island

For the island in Bermuda, see Nelly Island, Bermuda.

Nelly

Geography
Location	Vincennes Bay
Coordinates	66°14′S 110°11′E / 66.233°S 110.183°E / -66.233; 110.183
Archipelago	Frazier Islands
Country
Antarctica
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Nelly Island (66°14′S 110°11′E / 66.233°S 110.183°E / -66.233; 110.183) is the largest and easternmost of the Frazier Islands, lying in Vincennes Bay. The Frazier Islands were delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in February 1947. Nelly Island was visited on January 21, 1956 by a party of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) who established an astronomical control station there. It was so named by ANARE because there are several Giant Petrel, or Nelly, rookeries on the island.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

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