Chugunov Island () is a small ice-covered island, lying at the seaward extremity of the
Shackleton Ice Shelf
Shackleton Ice Shelf is an extensive ice shelf fronting the coast of East Antarctica from 95° E to 105° E. It extends for an along-shore distance of about , projecting seaward about in the western portion and in the east. It occu ...
, between the projections of
Denman Glacier and
Scott Glacier. It was mapped from aerial photos taken by
U.S. Navy Operation Highjump
Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. The opera ...
, 1946–47. It was rephotographed by the Soviet expedition of 1956 and later named for
N.A. Chugunov
NA, N.A., Na, nA or n/a may refer to:
Chemistry and physics
* Sodium, symbol Na, a chemical element
* Avogadro constant (''N''A)
* Nucleophilic addition, a type of reaction in organic chemistry
* Numerical aperture, a number that characterizes a ...
, an aerologist who lost his life in the Antarctic in 1958.
See also
*
List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands
References
*
Islands of Queen Mary Land
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