Bandy Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bandy Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island (5)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A small ice-covered island lying in Hull Bay, 1.5 mi west of Lynch Point, coastal Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1962-67. Named by US-ACAN after Orville L. Bandy (1917-73), professor of geology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a participant since 1961 in several USARP projects. In 1964 and 1966, respectively, he was chief scientist on cruises 7 and 17 of RV Anton Bruun, and took part in several cruises of USNS Eltanin.
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