Wright Island

Wright Island is an ice-covered island long, lying at the north edge of Getz Ice Shelf about midway between Carney Island and Martin Peninsula, on the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. ^[1]

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1. 12 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctica, Carney Island, Dome C, Getz Ice Shelf, Harry D. Felt, Jerauld Wright, Marie Byrd Land, Martin Peninsula, Operation Deep Freeze, Operation Highjump, United States Geological Survey.

2. Islands of Marie Byrd Land

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Carney Island

Carney Island is an ice-covered island, long with all but its north coast lying within the Getz Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Wright Island and Carney Island are islands of Marie Byrd Land.

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Dome C

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Getz Ice Shelf

The Getz Ice Shelf is an ice shelf over long and from wide, bordering the Hobbs Coast and Bakutis Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, between the McDonald Heights and Martin Peninsula.

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Harry D. Felt

Admiral Harry Donald Felt (June 21, 1902 – February 25, 1992) was an aviator in the United States Navy who led U.S. carrier strikes during World War II and later served as commander in chief of Pacific Command (CINCPAC) from 1958 to 1964.

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Jerauld Wright

Admiral Jerauld Wright (June 4, 1898 – April 27, 1995) was an officer in the United States Navy.

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Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica.

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Martin Peninsula

Martin Peninsula is a peninsula about long and wide that is ice-covered except for a few rock outcrops along its margins, located between Getz Ice Shelf and Dotson Ice Shelf on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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Operation Deep Freeze

Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on.

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Operation Highjump

Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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See also

Islands of Marie Byrd Land

• Brownson Islands
• Burtis Island
• Carney Island
• Cruzen Island
• Edwards Islands (Canisteo Peninsula)
• Grant Island
• Lauff Island
• Lindsey Islands
• Maher Island
• Marshall Archipelago
• Pranke Island
• Radford Island
• Shepard Island
• Siple Island
• Thurston Island
• Wright Island

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Island

Also known as Armbruster Rocks, Beyl Head, Cape Felt.

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