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Henderson Island (Shackleton Ice Shelf)
Henderson Island
is an ice-covered
island
long and
rising
to,
lying
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
.