Maher Island

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Maher Island is a small horseshoe-shaped island which has numerous areas of exposed rock, lying 13 kilometers (7 nmi) north of the northwest end of Siple Island, off the coast of Westarctica.

Discovery and name

It was discovered and photographed from aircraft of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander Eugene Maher, U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer of USS Glacier during Operation Deep Freeze, 1955–56.

The island is one of three considered closest to the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility, also known as "Point Nemo."