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The Swain Islands are a group of small islands and rocks about 3.7 kilometres (2 nmi) in extent, lying 0.9 kilometres (0.5 nmi) north of Clark Peninsula at the northeast end of the Windmill Islands. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in February 1947. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for K. C. Swain who served as air crewman with the central task group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and also with USN. Operation Windmill which obtained aerial and ground photographic coverage of the Windmill Islands in January 1948.

Swain Islands

Swain Islands Location in Antarctica
Geography
Coordinates	66°13′S 110°37′E
Archipelago	Windmill Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Islands

• Berkley Island
• Bradford Rock
• Burnett Island
• Cameron Island
• Daniel Island
• Hailstorm Island
• Honkala Island
• Wonsey Rock
• Wyche Island

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica
• Swains Island[1]

References

External links

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

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[de] Swain-Inseln

Die Swain-Inseln (englisch Swain Islands bzw. Swain Group) sind eine Gruppe kleiner Inseln und Rifffelsen vor der Budd-Küste des ostantarktischen Wilkeslands. Am nordöstlichen Ende des Archipels der Windmill-Inseln erstrecken sie sich 800 m nördlich der Clark-Halbinsel über eine Länge von 3 km. Zu dieser Gruppe gehören Berkley Island, Burnett Island, Cameron Island, Hailstorm Island, Honkala Island, der Bradford Rock, die Green Rocks, der Patterson Rock, der Quinn Rock, der Wonsey Rock, der Magee Rock und Wyche Island.

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- [en] Swain Islands

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