Radford Island () is an ice-covered island surmounted by several peaks, lying 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of

Saunders Mountain Saunders Mountain () is a massive islandlike mountain rising to 975 m at the west end of Denfeld Mountains, Ford Ranges, on the Saunders Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on an aerial flight of December 5, 1929, a ...

in the east part of

Sulzberger Ice Shelf Sulzberger (German: habitational name for someone from a place called Sulzberg) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Hays Sulzberger (1891–1968), publisher of ''The New York Times'' from 1935 to 1961 * Arthur Ochs Sulz ...

. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on the

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of 5 December 1929. This feature was mapped as a part of the mainland by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–1941) and named "

Radford Mountains Radford may refer to: Places England *Radford, Coventry, West Midlands *Radford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire *Radford, Plymstock, Devon *Radford, Oxfordshire * Radford, Somerset *Radford, Worcestershire * Radford Cave in Devon *Radford Semele, Wa ...

." It was determined to be an island by the U.S. Geological Survey from air photos taken by the U.S. Navy, 1962–1965. Named by Byrd for V. Admiral Arthur W. Radford, U.S. Navy, Deputy Chief of

Naval Operations A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It include ...

(Air) during the exploration by

U.S. Navy Operation Highjump Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. The opera ...

(1946–1947) and later Admiral and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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