McCarthy Island as named after Timothy McCarthy, who sailed on the "Endurance" during an expedition for the Antarctic under which captain?
McCarthy Island (South Georgia) McCarthy Island is an island, 1 nmi long, lying in the entrance to King Haakon Bay on the south side of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Timothy McCarthy, a seaman on the "Endurance" during the British expedition under Ernest Shackleton, 1914–16. McCarthy accompanied Shackleton in the "James Caird" from Elephant Island to King Haakon Bay.
Murphy Inlet Murphy Inlet is an ice-filled inlet about 18 nautical miles (33 km) long, with two parallel branches at the head, lying between Noville and Edwards Peninsulas on the north side of Thurston Island. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles J. V. Murphy, assistant to R. Admiral Byrd after Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1928-30, and member of the wintering party of Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1933-35.