O'Connor Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
O'Connor 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.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Rocky island, 1 mi long, between Holl and Ford Islands in the S part of the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the US-ACAN for Joseph (Jerry) J. O'Connor, who served as air crewman with the eastern task group of USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and assisted USN Operation Windmill parties in establishing astronomical control stations between Wilhelm II Coast and Budd Coast during the 1947-48 season.
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