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	'''Newman Island''' is an ice-covered island 28 ~~kilometres~~ (15 nmi) long, lying in the [[Nickerson Ice Shelf]] on the coast of Westarctica. It was mapped from surveys by the United States Geological Survey ~~(USGS)~~ and U.S. Navy air photos ~~(1959–65), and~~ named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ~~(US-ACAN) for~~ Cdr. J.F. Newman, USN, ships officer on the staff of the Commander, Task Force 43, during Operation Deep Freeze 1966.		'''Newman Island''' is an [[ice]]-covered island 28 kilometers (15 nmi) long, lying in the [[Nickerson Ice Shelf]] on the coast of [[Westarctica]].

			==Discovery and name==
			The island was mapped from surveys by the United States Geological Survey and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos. Newman Island was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Cdr. J.F. Newman, USN, who served as a ships officer on the staff of the Commander, Task Force 43, during Operation Deep Freeze 1966.

			[[Category: Islands]]

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'''Newman Island''' is an ice-covered island 28 kilometres (15 nmi) long, lying in the [[Nickerson Ice Shelf]] on the coast of Westarctica. It was mapped from surveys by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Navy air photos (1959–65), and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Cdr. J.F. Newman, USN, ships officer on the staff of the Commander, Task Force 43, during Operation Deep Freeze 1966.

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Westarctica at 15:35, 16 September 2019

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