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)
White Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
White Islands (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:
A group of ice-covered islands extending N-S for about 10 miles. They lie at the E margin of Swinburne Ice Shelf and near the terminus of Butler Glacier in the S part of Sulzberger Bay. This feature is rudely delineated on the map of the ByrdAE, 1928-30, as "low ice cliffs" that rise above the level of the ice shelf. The islands were mapped in detail by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. The name was applied by US-ACAN at the suggestion of Admiral R.E. Byrd. Named for Dr. Paul Dudley White, internationally renowned specialist on heart diseases, who was a consultant on medical matters in regard to USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47, led by Byrd.
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