Zimmerman Island

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Wilson Island
Waters Vincennes Bay
Archipelago Windmill Islands
Geographical location 66 ° 26 ′  S , 110 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 66 ° 26 ′  S , 110 ° 27 ′  E
Zimmerman Island (Antarctica)
Zimmerman Island
Map of the southern Windmill Islands with Zimmerman Island (top right)
Map of the southern Windmill Islands with Zimmerman Island (top right)

Zimmerman Island is a largely ice-free island in the Windmill Archipelago off the Budd coast of East Antarctica's Wilkesland . It is located 600 m southeast of Werlein 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 them in 1963 after the American meteorologist John R. Zimmerman, who was a member of the team at Wilkes Station in 1958.

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