Hannah Island

Hannah Island
Hannah Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 76°39′S 148°48′W / 76.650°S 148.800°W / -76.650; -148.800Coordinates: 76°39′S 148°48′W / 76.650°S 148.800°W / -76.650; -148.800
Archipelago Marshall Archipelago
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Hannah Island is an ice-covered island in the Marshall Archipelago, lying between Hutchinson Island and Guest Peninsula within the Sulzberger Ice Shelf, off the coast of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959–65), and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for J.P. Hannah, a United States Antarctic Research Program ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station in 1968.[1]

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References

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


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