Oliver Island | |
Map: | Antarctic Peninsula |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -69.3167°N -105°W |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Oliver Island in the Antarctic is the largest of the Mica Islands, lying outside the entrance to West Bay and 6nmi northeast of Cape Jeremy in south Marguerite Bay. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 for David L. Oliver, CS1, U.S. Navy, cook, Palmer Station, winter party 1972.