Teigan Island
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Teigan Island (66°27′S 110°36′E) is a rocky island, 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) long, lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) northeast of Bosner Island, near the south end of the Windmill Islands. First mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in February 1947. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for B. Teigan, who served as air crewman with the central task group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and also with U.S. Navy Operation Windmill which obtained aerial and ground photographic coverage of the Windmill Islands in January 1948.
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Coordinates: 66°27'10"S 110°36'51"E
- Teigan Island 0.6 km
- Boffa Island 0.9 km
- Wilson Island 1.6 km
- Birkenhauer Island 2.5 km
- Denison Island 18 km
- Bailey Rocks 20 km
- Bradford Rock 27 km
- Maid Sailors Cleaning Service 2762 km
- Maid Sailors Cleaning Service 2762 km
- Tomnod Search Area March 16 2769 km
- Cape Waldron 221 km
- Bowman Island 365 km
- Bunger Hills 432 km
- Mill Island 457 km
- Denman Glacier 509 km
- David Island 523 km
- Henderson Island 594 km
- Masson Island 623 km
- Shackleton Ice Shelf 629 km
- Drygalski Island 820 km
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