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Driscoll Island

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Location
  
Antarctica

Width
  
11 km (6.8 mi)

Area
  
250 km²

Length
  
34 km (21.1 mi)

Population
  
Uninhabited

Driscoll Island

Driscoll Island is a narrow, ice-covered island 30 kilometres (16 nmi) long, lying in Block Bay along the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The feature was partially delineated from air photos taken by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–30) on the flight of December 5, 1929. The island was completely mapped by the United States Geological Survey, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Lawrence J. Driscoll, U.S.Navy, a Boatswain's Mate aboard USS Glacier along this coast, 1961–62.

Map of Driscoll Island, Antarctica

References

Driscoll Island Wikipedia


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