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Merger Island

Coordinates: 70°6′S 71°13′W / 70.100°S 71.217°W / -70.100; -71.217
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Merger Island
Location of Merger Island
Merger Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Merger Island
Merger Island
Location in Antarctica
Merger Island is located in Antarctica
Merger Island
Merger Island
Merger Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates70°6′S 71°13′W / 70.100°S 71.217°W / -70.100; -71.217
Length5.556 km (3.4523 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Merger Island is an ice-covered island 6 kilometres (3 nmi) long at the entrance of Haydn Inlet, lying off the west coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was first mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947–48 by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960. The name given by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is descriptive, the island being almost submerged in the surrounding Wilkins Ice Shelf.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Merger Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Merger Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.