Holl Island (66°25′S 110°25′E / 66.417°S 110.417°E / -66.417; 110.417) is a rocky, triangular-shaped Antarctic island, 1.7 mi (2.7 km) long, marking the southwest end of the Windmill Islands. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump, 1946–1947, and USN Operation Windmill, 1947-1948. Named by the US-ACAN for Lt. Richard C. Holl, USNR, photogrammetrist with the Navy Hydrographic Office, who served as surveyor with the Operation Windmill parties which established astronomical control stations on Holl Island and along Queen Mary and Knox Coasts.
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