Cameron Island, Antarctica

Cameron Island is a small island just north of Hailstorm Island, in the Swain Islands, Antarctica. 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. Eklund, who named it for Richard L. Cameron, chief glaciologist at Wilkes Station, 1957.

Not to be confused with Cameron Island in Nunavut, Canada.
Cameron Island
Cameron Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°13′S 110°36′E
ArchipelagoSwain Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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