Population Uninhabited | Highest elevation 240 m (790 ft) Max length 14.5 km | |
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Henderson Island is an ice-covered island 17 kilometres (9 nmi) long and rising to 240 m (787 ft), lying 17 kilometres (9 nmi) southeast of Masson Island within the Shackleton Ice Shelf. Henderson Island was discovered in August 1912 by the Western Base Party of the Australian Antarctic Expedition under Sir Douglas Mawson and named by him for Prof. G. C. Henderson of Adelaide, a member of the Australian Antarctic Expedition Advisory Committee.
Map of Henderson Island, Antarctica
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Henderson Island (Shackleton Ice Shelf) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA