Wright Island is an ice-covered island 65 km (35 nmi) long, lying at the north edge of Getz Ice Shelf about midway between Carney Island and Martin Peninsula, on the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Admiral Jerauld Wright, U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, in over-all command of the U.S. Navy's Deep Freeze operations during the IGY, 1957–58.

Wright Island

Wright Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	74°2′S 116°50′W
Length	65 km (40.4 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

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

External links

• Wright Island - SCAR Gazetteer Ref. No 16234 - Australian Antarctic Data Centre

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

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