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Miles Island

Coordinates: 66°4′S 101°15′E / 66.067°S 101.250°E / -66.067; 101.250
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Miles Island
Miles Island is located in Antarctica
Miles Island
Miles Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°4′S 101°15′E / 66.067°S 101.250°E / -66.067; 101.250
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Miles Island is a rocky island six kilometres (three nautical miles) long, lying just north of Booth Peninsula in the Mariner Islands, Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1946–1947, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for R.A. Miles, an air crewman on Operation Highjump photographic flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14° and 164° East longitude.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Miles Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-09-25.

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