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Barrett Island
Barrett Island is located in Antarctica
Barrett Island
Barrett Island
Location in Antarctica
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 72°12′S 95°33′W / 72.200°S 95.550°W / -72.200; -95.550
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Thurston Island - en
Map of Thurston Island.
ThurstonIsland Terra MODIS
Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Barrett Island is an ice-covered island about 4 kilometres (2 nmi) long, lying just within the northern part of the mouth of Morgan Inlet, Thurston Island. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant (j.g.) Barry B. Barrett, a pilot of Squadron VX-6 on photographic flights during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1964.

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