Chappel Island

Chappel Island is the largest of the Donovan Islands, lying about 9.3 kilometres (5 nmi) northwest of Clark Peninsula in the eastern part of Vincennes Bay. The island has a number of large Adélie penguin rookeries. It was first mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Chief Warrant Officer R.L. Chappel, United States Marine Corps, motion picture officer on Operation Highjump photographic flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 east longitude.[1]

Chappel Island
Chappel Island is located in Antarctica
Chappel Island
Chappel Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationVincennes Bay
Coordinates66°11′S 110°25′E
ArchipelagoDonovan Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also

References
  1. "Chappel Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-11-03.

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