Wright Island

{{short description|Island in Antarctica}} {{About|the island in Antarctica |the island in South Australia|Wright Island (South Australia)}} {{Infobox islands | name = | image_name = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Antarctica | pushpin_map_caption = | location = [[Antarctica]] | coordinates = {{Coord|74|2|S|116|50|W|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | density_km2 = }} '''Wright Island''' ({{coord|74|02|S|116|50|W|name=Wright Island}}) is an ice-covered island {{convert|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]], Antarctica.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=824}}

{{TOC limit|2}} ==Location== {{geogroup}} [[File:C74112s5 Ant.Map Martin Peninsula.jpg|thumb|East side of the island in northwest of map]] Wright Island is on the seaward side of the eastern end of the [[Getz Ice Shelf]]. Carney Island is to the west and [[Martin Peninsula]] is to the east. [[Nunn Island]], [[Brennan Inlet]] and [[Spaulding Peninsula]] are to the south. Features include Beyl Head, Cape Felt and Armbruster Rocks.{{sfn|Martin Peninsula USGS}}

==Discovery and naming== Wright Island was delineated from air photos taken by [[United States Navy]] [[Operation Highjump]] in January 1947. It was amed by the United States [[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 [[United States Navy]]'s [[Operation Deep Freeze]] during the International Geophysical Year, 1957–58.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=824}}

==Features== ===Beyl Head=== {{coord|74|05|S|116|31|W}}. An ice-covered headland midway on the east side of Wright Island. Named by US-ACAN in 1977 after Commander David D. Beyl, United States Navy, Operations Officer, Operation Deep Freeze 1976, with responsibility for planning the [[Dome Charlie]] aircraft recovery program which resulted in the successful recovery of two LC-130 aircraft damaged during Operation Deep Freeze 1975.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=65}}

===Cape Felt=== {{coord|73|52|S|116|23|W}}. An ice-covered cape which marks the north end of Wright Island. First mapped from air photos taken by United States Navy [[Operation Highjump]] in January 1947. Named by US-ACAN after Admiral [[Harry D. Felt]], United States Navy, Vice Chief of Naval Operations in the post 1957-58 IGY period.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=235}}

===Armbruster Rocks=== {{coord|73|57|S|116|49|W}}. Exposed rocks on the west side of Wright Island, {{convert|9|nmi}} southwest of Cape Felt. Mapped by the [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1959-67. Named by US-ACAN after Lieutenant Robert B. Armbruster, United States Navy, Communications Officer at Christchurch, New Zealand, Operation Deep Freeze, 1963 and 1964.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=27}}

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==Sources== {{refbegin}} *{{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}} {{Include-USGov |agency=United States Board on Geographic Names}} *{{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C74112s5_Ant.Map_Martin_Peninsula.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-09 |title=Martin Peninsula |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref={{harvid|Martin Peninsula USGS}} }} {{refend}} *{{Include-USGov |agency=United States Geological Survey}}

[[Category:Islands of Marie Byrd Land]]