Cameron Island (Antarctica)
| Cameron Island | ||
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| Waters | Vincennes Bay | |
| Archipelago | Swain Islands ( Windmill Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 13 ′ S , 110 ° 36 ′ E | |
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Cameron Island is a small island in the Windmill Islands archipelago off the coast of Wilkesland, East Antarctica . It belongs to the group of Swain Islands and is located immediately north of Hailstorm Island .
Aerial photos of the island were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947) and in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and during a Soviet Antarctic expedition. In 1957, scientists at Wilkes Station under the direction of the US polar explorer Carl R. Eklund (1909–1962) carried out a survey. Eklund named it after Richard Leo Cameron (* 1930), senior glaciologist at Wilkes Station in the same year.
Web links
- Cameron Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cameron Island on geographic.org (English)