Proclamation Island
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Proclamation Island () is a small rocky island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) west of Cape Batterbee and close east of Aagaard Islands. Discovered by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, 1929-31, and so named, following the reading of a proclamation on its summit on January 13, 1930 claiming the area for the British Crown.
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This article incorporates text from Proclamation Island, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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