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]
  McCarthy Island | |
| Etymology | Timothy McCarthy, a seaman on the Endurance |
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| Geography | |
| Location | King Haakon Bay, South Georgia Island |
| Coordinates | 54°10′S 37°26′W / 54.167°S 37.433°W |
| Length | 1.852 km (1.1508 mi) |
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References edit
- ^ "McCarthy Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
This article incorporates public domain material from "McCarthy Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
54°10′S 37°26′W / 54.167°S 37.433°W
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