Anton Island
| Anton Island | ||
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| Waters | Davis Bay | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ S , 134 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 800 m | |
The Anton Island is a shallow and ice-covered island before Clarie Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country . It is located 8 km north-northeast of Lewis Island just outside the east side of the entrance to Davis Bay .
It was discovered in 1956 by a team led by the Australian polar explorer Phillip Law as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The first landing followed on January 18, 1960 by helicopter . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named the island after Anton Moyell, first officer on the Australian research vessel Magga Dan in 1960.
Web links
- Anton Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Anton Island on geographic.org (English)