Crohn Island

Crohn Island is an island 0.9 kilometres (0.5 nmi) east of Beaver Island at the head of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land. It was sighted in 1956 by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions airborne field party led by Peter W. Crohn, a geologist at Mawson Station in 1955 and 1956, for whom it is named.[1]

Crohn Island
Crohn Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates67°7′S 50°52′E
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  1. "Crohn Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-12-04.

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