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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
The island was first roughly mapped by the U.S. [[Antarctic]] Service during the years 1939-41. Farmer Island was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in honor of Floyd L. Farmer, [[U.S. Navy]], who served as senior shipfitter on the [[USS Glacier|USS ''Glacier'']] in the [[Ross Sea]] during the 1961-62 research season. | The island was first roughly mapped by the U.S. [[Antarctic]] Service during the years 1939-41. Farmer Island was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in honor of Floyd L. Farmer, [[U.S. Navy]], who served as senior shipfitter on the [[USS Glacier|USS ''Glacier'']] in the [[Ross Sea]] during the 1961-62 research season. | ||
==Noble title== | |||
As part of the [[20th Anniversary Honors and Appointments]] celebrating [[Westarctica]]'s 20 years of sovereignty, the [[Duke of the Bear Peninsula]] was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Duke of Farmer. | |||
[[Category: Islands]] | [[Category: Islands]] | ||