Wright Island - Revision history

Westarctica: added note on peerage title

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	The island was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947.		The island was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947.

	Wright Island was named by Advisory Committee on [[Antarctica\|Antarctic]] Names after Admiral Jerauld Wright, U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, in over-all command of the [[U.S. Navy]]'s Deep Freeze operations during the IGY, 1957-58.		Wright Island was named by Advisory Committee on [[Antarctica\|Antarctic]] Names after Admiral Jerauld Wright, U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, in over-all command of the [[U.S. Navy]]'s Deep Freeze operations during the IGY, 1957-58.

			==Peerage title==
			On 17 January 2021, Kurt Fuchs, a longtime supporter of Westarctica, was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica\|peerage title]] Duke of Wright. His Grace's title is named for Wright Island.

	==Features==		==Features==

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	[[File:Loc-wright.jpg\|thumb\|Location of Wright Island]]		[[File:Loc-wright.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|Location of Wright Island]]
	'''Wright Island''' is an ice-covered island 65 km (35 nmi) long, lying at the north edge of [[Scott Peninsula]] about midway between [[Carney Island]] and the [[Martin Peninsula]], on the [[Bakutis Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].		'''Wright Island''' is an ice-covered island 65 km (35 nmi) long, lying at the north edge of [[Scott Peninsula]] about midway between [[Carney Island]] and the [[Martin Peninsula]], on the [[Bakutis Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].

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	==Features==		==Features==
			[[File:Wright-Island.png\|thumb\|Map showing the northern half of Wright Island with some significant geographic features indicated.]]
	* [[Cape Felt]] is at the northern tip of the island.		* [[Cape Felt]] is at the northern tip of the island.
	* [[Nunn Island]] is to the immediate south of the island.		* [[Nunn Island]] is to the immediate south of the island.

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Features

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	* [[Cape Felt]] is at the northern tip of the island.		* [[Cape Felt]] is at the northern tip of the island.
	* [[Nunn Island]] is to the immediate south of the island.		* [[Nunn Island]] is to the immediate south of the island.
			* The [[Armbruster Rocks]] on the north-west of the island have been studied for their geologic properties.

	[[Category:Islands]]		[[Category:Islands]]
	[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

Westarctica at 16:03, 11 May 2018

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	==Features==		==Features==
	[[Cape Felt]] is at the northern tip of the island.		* [[Cape Felt]] is at the northern tip of the island.
			* [[Nunn Island]] is to the immediate south of the island.

	[[Category:Islands]]		[[Category:Islands]]
	[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

Westarctica at 20:54, 3 May 2018

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	[[File:Loc-wright.jpg\|thumb\|Location of Wright Island]]		[[File:Loc-wright.jpg\|thumb\|Location of Wright Island]]
	'''Wright Island''' is an ice-covered island 65 km (35 nmi) long, lying at the north edge of [[~~Getz Ice Shelf~~]] about midway between [[Carney Island]] and the [[Martin Peninsula]], on the [[Bakutis Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].		'''Wright Island''' is an ice-covered island 65 km (35 nmi) long, lying at the north edge of [[Scott Peninsula]] about midway between [[Carney Island]] and the [[Martin Peninsula]], on the [[Bakutis Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].

	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==

Westarctica at 20:46, 3 May 2018

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	The island was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947.		The island was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947.

	Wright Island was ~~damed~~ by Advisory Committee on [[Antarctica\|Antarctic]] Names after Admiral Jerauld Wright, U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, in over-all command of the [[U.S. Navy]]'s Deep Freeze operations during the IGY, 1957-58.		Wright Island was named by Advisory Committee on [[Antarctica\|Antarctic]] Names after Admiral Jerauld Wright, U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, in over-all command of the [[U.S. Navy]]'s Deep Freeze operations during the IGY, 1957-58.


	==Features==		==Features==

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	Wright Island was damed by Advisory Committee on [[Antarctica\|Antarctic]] Names after Admiral Jerauld Wright, U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, in over-all command of the [[U.S. Navy]]'s Deep Freeze operations during the IGY, 1957-58.		Wright Island was damed by Advisory Committee on [[Antarctica\|Antarctic]] Names after Admiral Jerauld Wright, U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, in over-all command of the [[U.S. Navy]]'s Deep Freeze operations during the IGY, 1957-58.


			==Features==
			[[Cape Felt]] is at the northern tip of the island.


	[[Category:Islands]]		[[Category:Islands]]
	[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

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	[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

Westarctica: Source of article predominately from Wikipedia article on Wright Island

2018-04-30T19:21:16Z

Source of article predominately from Wikipedia article on Wright Island

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[[File:Loc-wright.jpg|thumb|Location of Wright Island]]
'''Wright Island''' is an ice-covered island 65 km (35 nmi) long, lying at the north edge of [[Getz Ice Shelf]] about midway between [[Carney Island]] and the [[Martin Peninsula]], on the [[Bakutis Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].

==Discovery and name==
The island was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947.

Wright Island was damed by Advisory Committee on [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] Names after Admiral Jerauld Wright, U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, in over-all command of the [[U.S. Navy]]'s Deep Freeze operations during the IGY, 1957-58.

[[Category:Islands]]
[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]