This region was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1956), and the Soviet expedition (1956).

The island was included in a 1957 ground survey by C.R.

He named it for aerographer's mate Paul A. Wyche, U.S. Navy, a member of the Wilkes Station party, 1957.

This article incorporates public domain material from "Wyche Island".

This Wilkes Land location article is a stub.