Blunn Island
| Wilson Island | ||
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| Waters | Vincennes Bay | |
| Archipelago | Windmill Islands | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 19 ′ S , 110 ° 26 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 8 m | |
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Blunn Island is an irregularly shaped island in the Windmill Islands archipelago off the Budd coast of Wilkesland, East Antarctica . It is located 500 m northeast of the Cronk Islands .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them in 1996 after Anthony Stuart "Tony" Blunn (* 1936), who as an official in the Australian Department of Housing and Construction was responsible for maintaining Australian Antarctic stations.
Web links
- Blunn Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)