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McNamara Island
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Dustin Island.
McNamara Island
72°34′S93°12′W / 72.567°S 93.200°W. A mainly ice-covered island, 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) long, which is partly within the north edge of Abbot Ice Shelf, about 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) east of Dustin Island. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd and members of the USAS on flights from the Bear, February 27, 1940. Named by Byrd for John McNamara, boatswain on the Jacob Ruppert of the ByrdAE, 1933–35.