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Dendtler Island is an ice-covered island, 26 kilometres (14 nmi) long, lying in the eastern part of the Abbot Ice Shelf between Farwell Island and Fletcher Peninsula in Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Major Robert Dendtler, United States Army, coordinating officer on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Navy Support Force, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968.[1]

Dendtler Island
Dendtler Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates73°1′S 90°13′W
Length26 km (16.2 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also



References


  1. "Dendtler Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 11 January 2012.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Dendtler Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)



На других языках


[de] Dendtler-Insel

Die Dendtler-Insel ist eine 21 km lange und vereiste Insel vor der Eights-Küste des westantarktischen Ellsworthlands. Sie liegt im östlichen Abschnitt des Abbot-Schelfeises zwischen der Farwell-Insel und der Fletcher-Halbinsel.
- [en] Dendtler Island

[it] Isola Dendtler

L'isola Dendtler è un'isola completamente coperta dai ghiacci situata al largo della costa di Eights, nella Terra di Ellsworth, in Antartide. L'isola, che è lunga circa 34 km e raggiunge una larghezza massima di circa 28 km e che è completamente avvolta dai ghiacci della piattaforma glaciale Abbot, si trova tra l'isola Farwell, a ovest, e la penisola Fletcher, a est, nella parte orientale della suddetta piattaforma.[1]



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