Pidgeon_Island

Pidgeon Island

Pidgeon Island

Add article description

Not to be confused with Pigeon Island (disambiguation).

Pidgeon Island is a rocky Antarctic island, 2 kilometres (1 nmi) long, between Midgley Island and Mitchell Peninsula in the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. It was named by the US-ACAN for E. C. Pidgeon, Photographer's Mate on Operation Highjump flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 East longitude. Thought to be a separate unit, the eastern part of this feature was previously named O'Brien Islet. The name O'Brien is now applied to the bay north of Mitchell Peninsula.

Quick Facts Geography, Location ...

Lynsky Cove

Lynsky Cove is a cove in the north side of the island. Named by the US-ACAN for Chief Builder James E. Lynsky, USN, a member of the Wilkes Station party of 1958.

See also

References

    Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Pidgeon Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


    Stub icon

    This Wilkes Land location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
    Share this article:

    This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Pidgeon_Island, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.