McCarthy Island
McCarthy Island is located in Antarctica
McCarthy Island
McCarthy Island
EtymologyTimothy McCarthy, a seaman on the Endurance
Geography
LocationKing Haakon Bay, South Georgia Island
Coordinates54°10′S 37°26′W / 54.167°S 37.433°W / -54.167; -37.433
Length1.852 km (1.1508 mi)

McCarthy Island is an island, 1 nautical mile (2 km) long, lying in the entrance to King Haakon Bay on the south side of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Timothy McCarthy, a seaman on the Endurance during the British expedition under Ernest Shackleton, 1914–16. McCarthy accompanied Shackleton in the James Caird from Elephant Island to King Haakon Bay.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "McCarthy Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

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