Cowell Island

Cowell Island is a small island, partly contained in a glacier tongue from the coast of Antarctica, lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) west-southwest of Hovde Island. First mapped from air photographs by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. First visited by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) survey party led by M.J. Corry in February 1969. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for W.D. Cowell, cook at Mawson Station in 1969 and a member of the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1969.

See also

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Cowell Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 69°16′S 76°43′E / 69.267°S 76.717°E / -69.267; 76.717

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