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Dendtler Island
Dendtler Island
is an ice-covered island, , lying in the eastern part of the
Abbot Ice Shelf
between
Farwell Island
and
Fletcher Peninsula
in
Antarctica
. It was mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
from surveys and
U.S. Navy
air photos, 1960–66, and was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for Major Robert Dendtler,
United States Army
, coordinating officer on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Navy Support Force, Antarctica, during
Operation Deep Freeze
1967 and 1968.
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