Cameron Island, Antarctica

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Cameron Island (66°13′S 110°36′E / 66.217°S 110.600°E / -66.217; 110.600) is a small island just north of Hailstorm Island, in the Swain Islands, Antarctica. This region was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1956), and the Soviet expedition (1956). The island was included in a 1957 ground survey by C.R. Eklund, who named it for Richard L. Cameron, chief glaciologist at Wilkes Station, 1957.

See also

  • List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

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

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