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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
The island was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos taken during the years 1959–65. Hannah Island was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for J.P. Hannah, a United States Antarctic Research Program ionospheric physicist at [[Byrd Station]] in 1968. | The island was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos taken during the years 1959–65. Hannah Island was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for J.P. Hannah, a United States Antarctic Research Program ionospheric physicist at [[Byrd Station]] in 1968. | ||
==Peerage title== | |||
===First Baroness Hanna=== | |||
On 17 March 2023, Yohanna Lourenço was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] [[Baroness Hanna]] in appreciation of her translation services during the [[2023 Reunion State Visit]] between [[Grand Duke Travis]] and [[Emperor Claudio I of Reunion]] in Rio de Janeiro, [[Brazilian Antarctica|Brazil]]. Her title is named for this island which is similar to the short-form of her given name, “Hanna" (without the added "h"). | |||
On 26 July 2023, the baroness was [[disbarment|disbarred]] from the peerage and stripped of her noble title. | |||
[[Category: Islands]] | [[Category: Islands]] | ||