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Cloyd Island is a rocky Antarctic island, 1.1 km (0.6 nmi) long, between Ford and Herring Islands in the south part of the Windmill Islands off the Budd Coast. It was first mapped from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill, 1947–1948. Named by the US-ACAN for J. R. Cloyd, Army Transport Service observer with Operation Windmill which established astronomical control stations in the area in January 1948.

Cloyd Island

Cloyd Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°25′S 110°33′E
Archipelago	Windmill Islands
Length	1.1 km (0.68 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

References

External links

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

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[de] Cloyd Island

Cloyd Island ist eine 1,0 km lange Felseninsel im südlichen Teil des Archipels der Windmill-Inseln vor der Budd-Küste des ostantarktischen Wilkeslands. Sie liegt zwischen den Inseln Ford Island und Herring Island.

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- [en] Cloyd Island

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[it] Isola Cloyd

L'isola Cloyd (in inglese Cloyd Island) è una piccola isola antartica facente parte dell'arcipelago Windmill.

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