Caro Island
| Caro Island | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Archipelago | Rough Islands | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 52 ′ S , 77 ° 42 ′ E | |
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Caro Island is an island off the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It belongs to the Rauer Islands and is located northeast of Hornsby Island .
Australian scientists named it in 2012 after the physicist David Edmund Caro (1922–2011), who provided important food for thought for the Australian Antarctic program.
Web links
- Caro Island in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)