Crohn Island

Crohn Island

Crohn Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°7′S 50°52′E / 67.117°S 50.867°ECoordinates: 67°7′S 50°52′E / 67.117°S 50.867°E
Administration
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]

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

1. "Crohn Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-12-04.

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