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Farwell Island
Farwell Island
is an ice-covered island, about long and wide, lying between
McNamara Island
and
Dendtler Island
in the eastern part of the
Abbot Ice Shelf
in
Antarctica
. . The feature was positioned by parties from the
USS Glacier
and
USS Staten Island
in February 1961, and was mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
from
U.S. Navy
air photos of 1966. It was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for Captain A.F. Farwell, Chief of Staff to the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during
Operation Deep Freeze
1968 and 1969.
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