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Grant Island () is an ice-covered island, long and wide, lying east of the smaller
Shepard Island Shepard Island () is an island about long, lying west of Grant Island off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The island is ice capped except at its northern, seaward side, and is almost wholly embedded in the Getz Ice Shelf. Location ...
off the coast of
Marie Byrd Land Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of , it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th centu ...
,
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Shepard Island Shepard Island () is an island about long, lying west of Grant Island off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The island is ice capped except at its northern, seaward side, and is almost wholly embedded in the Getz Ice Shelf. Location ...
, Grant Island is surrounded by the
Getz Ice Shelf The Getz Ice Shelf () is an ice shelf over long and from wide, bordering the Hobbs Coast and Bakutis Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, between the McDonald Heights and Martin Peninsula. Several large islands are partially or wholly embedd ...
on all but the north side.


Location

Grant Island is in the north, seaward edge of the
Getz Ice Shelf The Getz Ice Shelf () is an ice shelf over long and from wide, bordering the Hobbs Coast and Bakutis Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, between the McDonald Heights and Martin Peninsula. Several large islands are partially or wholly embedd ...
. Reynolds Strait is on its north side, which is indented by Ledda Bay, and separates it from Forrester Island.
Shepard Island Shepard Island () is an island about long, lying west of Grant Island off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The island is ice capped except at its northern, seaward side, and is almost wholly embedded in the Getz Ice Shelf. Location ...
is to the west. Features, from west to east, include Brookman Point, Mount Obiglio, Mount Hummel and McCarthy Point.


Discovery and name

Grant Island was discovered and charted by personnel aboard on February 4, 1962. It was named by the United States
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...
(US-ACAN) for Commander E. G. Grant, Commanding Officer of USS ''Glacier'' at the time of discovery.


Features and nearby features


Brookman Point

. The snow-covered northwest point of Grant Island. Discovered and first charted from the USS ''Glacier'' (Captain Edwin A. McDonald, United States Navy) in February 1962. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Peter J. Brookman, CEC, United States Navy, Officer-in-Charge at Byrd Station, 1970.


Mount Obiglio

. A moderate rock summit high in the west-central portion of Grant Island. Discovered and charted from the USS ''Glacier'' on February 4, 1962 during Operation Deep Freeze 1961-62. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant G.M. Obiglio, Argentine naval observer aboard the ''Glacier'', at the suggestion of the Task Unit Commander, Captain Edwin A. McDonald, United States Navy.


Mount Hummel

. A snow-capped summit that rises above the east-central portion of Grant Island. Discovered and first charted from the USS ''Glacier'' on February 4, 1962. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant (j.g.) William T. Hummel, United States Navy Reserve, helicopter pilot aboard Glacier at the time of discovery.


McCarthy Point

. An ice-covered point that marks the northeast extremity of Grant Island. Discovered and charted from the USS ''Glacier'' on February 4, 1962. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant (j-g.) J.F. McCarthy, United States Navy, Disbursing Officer on the ''Glacier'' at the time of discovery.


Reynolds Strait

. A strait between Forrester Island on the north and Shepard Island and Grant Island along the edge of Getz Ice Shelf on the south. The discovery of Forrester Island from USS ''Glacier'' on February 4, 1962 simultaneously established the existence of the strait, which was then sounded. The name was applied by US-ACAN for Ralph R. Reynolds (1938-73), Lieutenant Commander, CEC, United States Navy who was Officer-inCharge of the Navy Nuclear Power Unit at
McMurdo Station McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), a branch of the National Science Foundation. The station is ...
in 1970.


Ledda Bay

. A shallow embayment or bight, long, in the north side of Grant Island. Discovered and first charted from the USS ''Glacier'' on February 4, 1962. Named for R.J. Ledda, QM3, United States Navy, quartermaster aboard the ''Glacier'' on the cruise in which the bay was discovered.


Forrester Island

. An ice-capped island long that lies north-northeast of Shepard Island, off the Getz Ice Shelf. The island was discovered and charted from the USS Glacier on February 5, 1962. Named by US-ACAN after Lieutenant Commander John J. Forrester, United States Navy, Executive Officer aboard Glacier at the time of discovery.


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