Mousinho Island

Mousinho Island

Mousinho Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	70°38′S 71°58′E / 70.633°S 71.967°E / -70.633; 71.967Coordinates: 70°38′S 71°58′E / 70.633°S 71.967°E / -70.633; 71.967
Highest elevation	235 m (771 ft)
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Mousinho Island is a partly ice-covered island, 235 m high, about 3.7 kilometres (2 nmi) from the south end of Gillock Island in the Amery Ice Shelf. Photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47) and ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1958). First visited by a party led by J. Manning, from the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in January 1969. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for A. Mousinho, pilot of the Beaver aircraft with the 1969 ANARE Prince Charles Mountains party.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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