Morris Island is an ice-covered island about long, lying west of Farmer Island in the Sulzberger Ice Shelf of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant J.E. Morris, U.S. Navy Reserve and former captain of the , who served aboard the along this coast in 1961–62. See also List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands References Islands of Marie Byrd Land nn:Morris Island