Cowell Island

Cowell Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 69°16′S 76°43′E / 69.267°S 76.717°E / -69.267; 76.717Coordinates: 69°16′S 76°43′E / 69.267°S 76.717°E / -69.267; 76.717
Country
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Cowell Island is a small island, partly contained by the Flatnes Ice Tongue, on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. It lies 6 kilometres (3 nmi) west-south-west of Hovde Island and Amanda Bay. It was first mapped from aerial photographs by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and first visited by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) survey party led by M.J. Corry in February 1969. It was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for W.D. Cowell, a cook at Mawson Station in 1969 and a member of the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in the same year.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cowell Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-30.

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


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