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Crohn Island
Crohn Island is located in AntarcticaCrohn IslandCrohn IslandLocation in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates67°7′S 50°52′E / 67.117°S 50.867°E / -67.117; 50.867
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

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.

See also

References

  1. "Crohn Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-12-04.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Crohn Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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