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
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:
A group of ice-covered islands extending north to south for about 20km. They lie at the east margin of Swinburne Ice Shelf and near the terminus of Butler Glacier in the south part of Sulzberger Bay.
This feature is rudely delineated on the map of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30, as 'low ice cliffs' that rise above the level of the ice shelf. The islands were mapped in detail by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. The name was applied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (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 U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump, 1946-47, led by Byrd.
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