Wyche Island Explained

Wyche
Map:Antarctica
Coordinates:-66.2333°N 145°W
Archipelago:Swain Islands
Population:Uninhabited
Country:None
Treaty System:Antarctic Treaty System

Wyche Island is a small island just south of the west end of Burnett Island in the Swain Islands. This region was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1956), and the Soviet expedition (1956). The island was included in a 1957 ground survey by C.R. Eklund. He named it for aerographer's mate Paul A. Wyche, U.S. Navy, a member of the Wilkes Station party, 1957.

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