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[[File:Loc-wright.jpg|thumb|Location of Wright Island]] | [[File:Loc-wright.jpg|thumb|Location of Wright Island]] | ||
'''Wright Island''' is an ice-covered island 65 km (35 nmi) long, lying at the north edge of [[ | '''Wright Island''' is an ice-covered island 65 km (35 nmi) long, lying at the north edge of [[Scott Peninsula]] about midway between [[Carney Island]] and the [[Martin Peninsula]], on the [[Bakutis Coast]] of [[Westarctica]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
Revision as of 20:54, 3 May 2018
Wright Island is an ice-covered island 65 km (35 nmi) long, lying at the north edge of Scott Peninsula about midway between Carney Island and the Martin Peninsula, on the Bakutis Coast of Westarctica.
Discovery and name
The island was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947.
Wright Island was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Admiral Jerauld Wright, U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, in over-all command of the U.S. Navy's Deep Freeze operations during the IGY, 1957-58.
Features
Cape Felt is at the northern tip of the island.