Cheesman Island

Cheesman Island is a small rocky island off the north coast of Charcot Island, north of Mount Martine. It was first seen and photographed from the air in 1929 by Sir [Hubert Wilkins], who roughly positioned it. It was remapped from air photos taken by U.S. [Navy Operation Highjump], 1946–47, by D. Searle of the Falkland [Islands Dependencies Survey] in 1960. The name was suggested by the Advisory [Committee on Antarctic Names] in 1950 for S.A. Cheesman, pilot on Wilkins' 1929 flight.