Dewart Island
 Location in Antarctica
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| Location | Vincennes Bay |
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| Archipelago | Frazier Islands |
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| Population | Uninhabited |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Dewart Island is the central island in the Frazier Islands, in Vincennes Bay, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica.
History
The island was photographed from the air in the course of the US Navy's Operation Highjump (1946–47) and its position fixed by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (1956). It was named by Carl R. Eklund for Gilbert Dewart, a seismologist at Wilkes Station, 1957.[1]
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
The island forms part of the Frazier Islands Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.160 because it supports one of only four known breeding colonies of southern giant petrels on continental Antarctica.[2]
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Dewart Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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