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Henderson Island is an ice-covered island 17 kilometres (9 nmi) long and rising to 240 m (787 ft), lying 17 kilometres (9 nmi) southeast of Masson Island within the Shackleton Ice Shelf. Henderson Island was discovered in August 1912 by the Western Base Party of the Australian Antarctic Expedition under Sir Douglas Mawson and named by him for Prof. G. C. Henderson of Adelaide, a member of the Australian Antarctic Expedition Advisory Committee.
See also
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
SCAR
Territorial claims in Antarctica
The Quest for Frank Wild by Angie Butler (contains his original memoirs)
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This article incorporates public domain material from "Henderson Island (Shackleton Ice Shelf)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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