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==Features== | ==Features== | ||
[[Cape Felt]] is at the northern tip of the island. | * [[Cape Felt]] is at the northern tip of the island. | ||
* [[Nunn Island]] is to the immediate south of the island. | |||
[[Category:Islands]] | [[Category:Islands]] | ||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||
Revision as of 16:03, 11 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.
- Nunn Island is to the immediate south of the island.