Lobodon Island is an island lying 6 kilometres (3.5 nmi) east of Wauters Point, Two Hummock Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in December 1956, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 after Lobodon carcinophagus, the crabeater seal.[1]
![]() ![]() Lobodon Island Location in Antarctica | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 64°5′S 61°35′W |
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Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
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Population | Uninhabited |
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Lobodon Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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