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Gränicher Island
Gränicher Island is located in AntarcticaGränicher IslandGränicher IslandLocation in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°53′S 67°43′W / 66.883°S 67.717°W / -66.883; -67.717
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Gränicher Island is a small island which is the northernmost of the Bennett Islands in Hanusse Bay, Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–48) and the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–57). It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Walter H.H. Gränicher, a Swiss physicist who from 1954 made important investigations of the electrical and mechanical properties of ice in relation to its molecular structure.

See also

References

  1. "Gränicher Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

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


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