Forrester Island is an ice-capped

Ice cap

An ice cap is an ice mass that covers less than 50 000 km² of land area . Masses of ice covering more than 50 000 km² are termed an ice sheet....

 island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) long that lies 13 nautical miles (24 km) north-northeast of Shepard Island

Shepard Island

Shepard Island or John Shepard Island is an island about long, lying west of Grant Island off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Shepard Island is located at . Shepard Island is ice capped except at its northern, seaward side, and is almost wholly embedded in the Getz Ice Shelf...

, off the Getz Ice Shelf

Getz Ice Shelf

Getz Ice Shelf is an Antarctic ice shelf, over 480 km long and from 32 to 96 km wide, bordering the Hobbs and Bakutis Coasts of Marie Byrd Land between McDonald Heights and Martin Peninsula. Several large islands are partially or wholly embedded in the ice shelf.The ice shelf westward of Siple...

 of Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...

. The island was discovered and charted from the USS Glacier on February 5, 1962. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Commander John J. Forrester, U.S. Navy, Executive Officer

Executive officer

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aboard Glacier at the time of discovery.