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'''Newman Island''' is an ice-covered island 28 | '''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]] | |||