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Archipelago

    66°13′S 110°37′E

    Swain Islands

    Part of Windmill Islands

    5 nmi) north of Clark Peninsula at the northeast end of the Windmill Islands. S. Navy Operation Highjump in February 1947. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for K. C. S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and also with USN.

    Overview

    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.

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands4
    • Minor islands0
    • Islets39
    • Rocks & skerries19

    Major islands

    4

    • Burnett Island

      Area
      0.41 km²
      High point
      9 m

      9 kilometres (1 nmi) long in an east–west direction, which lies north of Honkala Island and is the central feature in the Swain Islands. S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, it was included in a 1957 survey of the Swain Islands by Wilkes Station personnel under Carl R. Eklund. S.

    • Honkala Island

      Area
      0.4 km²
      High point
      14 m

      75 nmi) long, at the southeast side of Burnett Island, in the Swain Islands of Antarctica. S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and observed by Wilkes Station personnel who conducted a 1957 survey of the Swain Islands under Carl R. Eklund. It was named by Eklund for Rudolf A.

    • Berkley Island

      Area
      0.17 km²
      High point
      21 m

      Berkley Island (66°13′S 110°39′E) is an island, 1 km long, which marks the north-eastern end of the Swain Islands. S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was included in a survey of the Swain Islands in 1957 by Wilkes Station personnel under Carl R. Eklund. It was named by Eklund for Richard J.

    • Cameron Island, Antarctica

      Area
      0.15 km²
      High point
      13 m

      Cameron Island is a small island just north of Hailstorm Island, in the Swain Islands, Antarctica. S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1956), and the Soviet expedition (1956). R. Eklund, who named it for Richard L.

    Islets

    39
    • Wyche Island6 m · 0.08 km²
    • Hailstorm Island8 m · 0.05 km²
    • Unnamed island6 m · 0.02 km²
    • Unnamed island0.02 km²
    • Unnamed island3 m · 0.01 km²
    • Unnamed island3 m · 0.01 km²
    • Unnamed island2 m · 0.01 km²
    • Unnamed island4 m · 0.01 km²
    • Unnamed island0.9 ha
    • Unnamed island4 m · 0.8 ha
    • Unnamed island0.7 ha
    • Unnamed island0.7 ha

    Rocks & skerries

    19
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level10 m20 m30 m21 mBerkley14 mHonkala13 mCameron Island, Antarctica9 mBurnett8 mHailstorm6 mWyche
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.000010.00010.0010.010.11Burnett: 0.41 km²BurnettHonkala: 0.4 km²HonkalaBerkley: 0.17 km²BerkleyCameron Island, Antarctica: 0.15 km²Cameron Island, A…Wyche: 0.08 km²WycheHailstorm: 0.05 km²HailstormUnnamed island: 0.02 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.02 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.9 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.8 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.7 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.7 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.7 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed island
    km², log scale
    Burnett Island0.41 km²
    Honkala Island0.4 km²
    Berkley Island0.17 km²
    Cameron Island, Antarctica0.15 km²
    Wyche Island0.08 km²
    Hailstorm Island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.9 ha
    Unnamed island0.8 ha
    Unnamed island0.7 ha
    Unnamed island0.7 ha
    Unnamed island0.7 ha
    Unnamed island0.5 ha
    Unnamed island0.5 ha
    Unnamed island0.5 ha
    Unnamed island0.5 ha
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    Unnamed island0.5 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
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    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
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    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia