Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Lyddan Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Lyddan 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.
An ice-covered island at the SW extremity of Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf, about 20 mi off Princess Martha Coast. The island is about 45 mi long and has three narrow arms in the form of a trefoil. It was discovered and plotted by W.R. MacDonald on Nov. 5, 1967, in the course of a USN Squadron VXE-6 reconnaissance flight over the coast in LC-130 aircraft. Named by US-ACAN for Robert H. Lyddan, Chief Topographic Engineer of the USGS, who has been active in the planning and supervision of Antarctic mapping operations since the 1950s.
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