Driscoll Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Driscoll 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 narrow, ice-covered island 16 mi long, lying in Block Bay along the coast of Marie Byrd Land. The feature was partially delineated from air photos taken by the ByrdAE (1928-30) on the flight of Dec. 5, 1929. The island was completely mapped by USGS, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN after Lawrence J. Driscoll, BM1, USN, Boatswain's Mate aboard USS Glacier along this coast, 1961-62.
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