Lilienthal Island is one of the
Donovan Islands, lying just north of
Glasgal Island in
Vincennes Bay, Antarctica. The island was mapped from air photographs 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 (exploration b ...
, 1946–47, and was named by
Carl R. Eklund for
Billie R. Lilienthal,
U.S. Navy, aerographer at
Wilkes Station
Wilkes Station was an Antarctic research station established 29 January 1957 by the United States as one of seven U.S. stations established for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) program in Antarctica. It was taken over by Australia on ...
, 1957.
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See also
* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands
This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands.
* Antarctic islands are, in the strict sense, the islands around mainland Antarctica, situated on the Antarctic Plate, and south of the Antarctic Convergence. According to the terms of the ...
References
Islands of Wilkes Land
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