Crohn Island

Crohn Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°7′S 50°52′E / 67.117°S 50.867°E / -67.117; 50.867Coordinates: 67°7′S 50°52′E / 67.117°S 50.867°E / -67.117; 50.867
Country
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

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]

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


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