Dieglman Island

Dieglman Island
Dieglman Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 66°0′S 100°46′E / 66.000°S 100.767°E / -66.000; 100.767Coordinates: 66°0′S 100°46′E / 66.000°S 100.767°E / -66.000; 100.767
Archipelago Highjump Archipelago
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Dieglman Island is an island about 7 kilometres (4 nmi) long that is largely ice covered but has numerous rock outcrops, lying on the northwest side of Edisto Channel in the Highjump Archipelago. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named the "Dieglman Islets", subsequent Soviet expeditions (1956–57) mapped the feature as one island with numerous outcrops. The name has been altered by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) to apply to the single island. Named by US-ACAN for E.D. Dieglman, an air crewman on U.S. Navy Operation Highjump photographic flights in this area in 1946–47.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dieglman Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-19.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Dieglman Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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