McGuire Island () is an island in the northeast portion of the

Joubin Islands The Joubin Islands are a group of small islands lying south-west of Cape Monaco, Anvers Island, at the south-western end of the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. The islands were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, unde ...

, Antarctica. It was named by the

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

for Thomas J. McGuire, an oiler in RV ''Hero'' in her first voyage to Antarctica and Palmer Station in 1968.

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Islands of the Palmer Archipelago {{PalmerArchipelago-geo-stub

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