Olson Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Olson Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
The largest and northernmost of the ice-covered White Islands in southern Sulzberger Bay, west of Kind Edward VII Land.
The feature is rudely delineated on the map of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30, and is indicated as 'low ice cliffs' that rise above the ice shelf in this part of the bay. Mapped in detail by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named for Michael L. Olson, U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station, winter party 1968, and a member of the Plateau Station summer party, 1968-69.
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