Carney Island
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 73°57′S 121°00′W / 73.95°S 121°WCoordinates: 73°57′S 121°00′W / 73.95°S 121°W |
| Area | 8,500 km2 (3,280 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 86th |
| Length | 110 km (68 mi) |
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Carney Island (73°57′S 121°00′W / 73.95°S 121°W) is an ice-covered island, 110 km (68 mi) long and about 8,500 km2 (3,282 sq mi) in area, with all but its North coast lying within the Getz Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It is located between Siple Island and Wright Island along the coast of Marie Byrd Land.
Carney Island was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Admiral Robert B. Carney (1895–1990), Chief of Naval Operations during the organization of Operation Deep Freeze support for the International Geophysical Year of 1957–1958.
[edit] See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
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