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Hemphill Island

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Location
  
Antarctica

Population
  
Uninhabited

Archipelago
  
Windmill Islands

Island group
  
Windmill Islands

Hemphill Island

Hemphill Island is a small, mainly ice-covered Antarctic island lying between Robinson Ridge and Odbert Island, in the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. It was named by the US-ACAN for George R. Hemphill, meteorologist and member of the Wilkes Station party of 1961.

Map of Hemphill Island, Antarctica

References

Hemphill Island Wikipedia