Lobodon Island

Lobodon Island is an island lying 6 kilometres (3.5 nmi) east of Wauters Point, Two Hummock Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in December 1956, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 after Lobodon carcinophagus, the crabeater seal.[1]

Lobodon Island
Lobodon Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°5′S 61°35′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References
  1. "Lobodon Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-27.

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