Forrester Island is an ice-capped island long that lies north-northeast of Shepard Island, off the Getz Ice Shelf of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The island was discovered and charted from the USS Glacier on 5 February 1962, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Lieutenant Commander John J. Forrester, U.S. Navy, Executive Officer aboard the Glacier at the time of discovery. See also List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands Reynolds Strait References Islands of Marie Byrd Land