Molholm Island

Molholm Island
Molholm Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 66°16′S 110°33′E / 66.267°S 110.550°E / -66.267; 110.550Coordinates: 66°16′S 110°33′E / 66.267°S 110.550°E / -66.267; 110.550
Archipelago Windmill Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Molholm Island is an island at the entrance to McGrady Cove in the eastern part of Newcomb Bay, in the Windmill Islands of Antarctica.[1] The island was mapped from air photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1946–47, and was named by Carl R. Eklund for John Molholm, a glaciologist at Wilkes Station in 1957.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Molholm Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-10-29.

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