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Sherman Island (Antarctica)

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Location
  
Antarctica

Width
  
19 km (11.8 mi)

Length
  
59 km (36.7 mi)

Population
  
Uninhabited

Sherman Island (Antarctica)

Sherman Island is an ice-covered island of Antarctica about 59 kilometres (32 nmi) long and 19 kilometres (10 nmi) wide, lying south of Thurston Island in the middle of Peacock Sound. The feature rises above the Abbot Ice Shelf which occupies the sound.

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Map of Sherman Island, Antarctica

Delineated from aerial photographs taken by US Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for Admiral Forrest Sherman, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, 1949–51, when preparations were being made for U.S. Naval support during the forthcoming International Geophysical Year (IGY) operations.

Maps

  • Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

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    Sherman Island (Antarctica) Wikipedia
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