McGuire Island

McGuire Island
Joubin Islands (British Antarctic Territory)
Location
Location:	64°46’3"S, 64°23’28"W
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McGuire Island is a small island in the north-east of the Joubin Islands, off the south-west point of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory.

Following the work of United States Antarctic Research Program personnel from "Palmer Station" from 1965, was so named after Thomas J. McGuire, oiler in RV Hero, which visited the station on her first Antarctic voyage in 1968.

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: McGuire Island