McGuire Island (Antarctica)

McGuire Island (64°46′S 64°24′W / 64.767°S 64.400°W / -64.767; -64.400Coordinates: 64°46′S 64°24′W / 64.767°S 64.400°W / -64.767; -64.400) is an island in the northeast portion of the Joubin Islands, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Thomas J. McGuire, an oiler in RV Hero in her first voyage to Antarctica and Palmer Station in 1968.^[1]

See also

List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

↑ "McGuire Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-06.

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