Carney Island () is an ice-covered island, long with all but its north coast lying within the Getz Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
It is located between Siple Island and Wright Island along the coast of Marie Byrd Land.
Name
Carney Island was first delineated (except for its south part) from aerial photographs taken by United States Navy Operation Highjump (OpHjp) in January 1947.
It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Admiral Robert Carney (1895–1990), Chief of Naval Operations during the organization of Operation Deep Freeze support for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957–1958.
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File:C74126s1 Ant.Dean Island Getz Ice Shelf.jpg|Western Getz Ice Shelf, Shepard Island to Carney island
File:C74112s5 Ant.Map Martin Peninsula context.jpg|Eastern Getz Ice Shelf, Carney Island to Martin Peninsula
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Features
Cape Gates
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An ice-covered cape which marks the northwest extremity of Carney Island along the coast of Marie Byrd Land.
First mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from aerial photographs taken by United States Navy OpHjp in January 1947.
Named by US-ACAN for Thomas S. Gates, Under Secretary of the Navy before and during the Navy's Deep Freeze expeditions.
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