Pinn Island

Pinn Island
Pinn Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°34′S 47°55′E / 67.567°S 47.917°E / -67.567; 47.917Coordinates: 67°34′S 47°55′E / 67.567°S 47.917°E / -67.567; 47.917
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Pinn Island is an island lying close off the northeast end of McKinnon Island, off the coast of Enderby Land. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos in 1956 and visited by an ANARE party in October 1957. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for John Pinn, geophysicist at Mawson Station in 1957.

See also

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Pinn Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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