The island was mapped from air photos taken by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–57), and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Laurence Irving, an American physiologist who has specialized in the effects of a polar environment.
[1] This article incorporates public domain material from "Irving Island".
Geographic Names Information System.
United States Geological Survey.
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