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Island in Antarctica
Sack Island
Sack Island is located in AntarcticaSack IslandSack IslandLocation in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°26′S 110°25′E / 66.433°S 110.417°E / -66.433; 110.417
ArchipelagoWindmill Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Sack Island is a rocky island, 0.7 kilometres (0.4 nmi) long, lying 0.4 kilometres (0.2 nmi) east of the south end of Holl Island, in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in February 1947. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Norman F. Sack who served as photographer's mate with the central task force of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and assisted Operation Windmill parties in obtaining photographic coverage of this area in January 1948.

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Sack Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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