Lobodon Island

Lobodon Island

Lobodon Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°5′S 61°35′W / 64.083°S 61.583°WCoordinates: 64°5′S 61°35′W / 64.083°S 61.583°W
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Lobodon Island is an island lying 6 kilometres (3.5 nmi) east of Wauters Point, Two Hummock Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in December 1956, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 after Lobodon carcinophagus, the crabeater seal.^[1]

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

1. "Lobodon Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-27.

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