Denison Island

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Denison Island
Waters Vincennes Bay
Archipelago Windmill Islands
Geographical location 66 ° 18 ′  S , 110 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 66 ° 18 ′  S , 110 ° 27 ′  E
Denison Island (Antarctica)
Denison Island
Map of the middle Windmill Islands with Denison Island (left, above center)
Map of the middle Windmill Islands with Denison Island (left, above center)

Denison Island is an island in the Windmill Islands archipelago off the Budd coast of Wilkesland, East Antarctica . It is located 400 m west of Beall Island .

The island was mapped using aerial photographs from the US Operation Highjump (1946-1947) and Operation Windmill (1947-1948). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1963 after the American aurora explorer Dean R. Denison, a member of the team at Wilkes Station in 1958.

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