McCarthy Island

McCarthy Island is an island 4 kilometres long, lying just northeast of , off the coast of , Antarctica. It was mapped as part of Fold Island by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, but was identified as a separate island by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions geological party in 1961.

McCarthy Island

Latitude
-67.26667° or 67° 16′ south
Longitude
59.41667° or 59° 25′ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
3H4XPCM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
6637765
Wiki­data ID
Q6800196
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“McCarthy Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: McCarthy Island
  • Chinese: 麥卡錫島
  • Dutch: McCarthy Island
  • German: McCarthy Island
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: McCarthy Island i Kemp Land
  • Swedish: McCarthy Island

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