Donovan Islands

The Donovan Islands are a chain of about 8 islands lying well offshore, about northwest of Clark Peninsula in the eastern part of Vincennes Bay. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. [Navy Operation Highjump], 1946–47, they were photographed from the air by the Australian [National Antarctic Research Expeditions] in January 1956, and were named after J. Donovan, Administrative Officer of the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, and leader of a number of relief expeditions to Heard Island and Macquarie Island.