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-'''Clark Island''' (74°5′S 105°17′W) is an island 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long in eastern [[Amundsen Sea]] of Westarctica. It is the largest island of a small group lying 38 nautical miles (70 km) west-southwest of the [[Canisteo Peninsula]]. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for F. Jerry Clark who participated in United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciological-geophysical work at Roosevelt Island, 1961-62, and on traverses from Byrd Station, 1963-64.
+'''Clark Island''' (74°5′S 105°17′W) is an island 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) long in eastern [[Amundsen Sea]] of [[Westarctica]]. It is the largest island of a small group lying 38 nautical miles (70 km) west-southwest of the [[Canisteo Peninsula]].
+==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 1960-66. Clark Island was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of F. Jerry Clark, who participated in tge United States Antarctic Research Program's glaciological-geophysical work at Roosevelt Island during the 1961-62 research season and on traverses from [[Byrd Station]] during the 1963-64 season.
 [[Category: Islands]]