Moody Island
Moody Island is an ice-covered island 19 kilometres (10 nmi) long, between Kizer Island and Steventon Island in the Sulzberger Ice Shelf, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped from surveys by the United States Geological Survey and from U.S. Navy air photos (1959–65), and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for E.L. Moody, a dog-driver with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933–35).[1]
  Moody Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 77°20′S 149°12′W |
| Length | 18.52 km (11.508 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
References
- "Moody Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
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