Newman Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Newman Island (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) is an ice-covered island 24 km (15 mi) long, lying in the Nickerson Ice Shelf on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped from surveys by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Navy air photos (1959–65), and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Cdr. J.F. Newman, USN, ships officer on the staff of the Commander, Task Force 43, during Operation Deep Freeze 1966.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Newman Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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