Carney Island
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Key facts
- Location
- Antarctica
- Area
- 8,500 km (3,300 sq mi)
- Length
- 110 km (68 mi)
- Population
- 0 (2023)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Named after
- Robert Carney
- Continent
- Antarctica
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 8500
- Body of water
- Amundsen Sea
- Image
- Carney Island Antarctica.png
- Width
- 78
- Length
- 110
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Carney Island (73°57′S 121°00′W / 73.950°S 121.000°W / -73.950; -121.000 (Carney Island)) is an ice-covered island, 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) long with all but its north coast lying within the Getz Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It is located between Siple Island and Wright Island along the coast of Marie Byrd Land.
Name
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carney Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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