Midgley Island

Midgley Island

Midgley Island (66°20′S 110°24′E / 66.333°S 110.4°E / -66.333; 110.4) is a rocky island, 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km) long, lying immediately south of Hollin Island in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant E.W. Midgley, Army Medical Corps observer who assisted U.S. Navy Operation Windmill parties in establishing astronomical control stations between Wilhelm II Coast and Budd Coast during the 1947-48 season.

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