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Wollan Island (66°25′S 66°38′W) is a dome-shaped, ice-capped island with conspicuous rock exposures on its northwest side, lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Davidson Island in Crystal Sound. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958–59). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Ernest O. Wollan, American physicist who used neutron diffraction to study the structure of ice.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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

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Wollan Island ist eine kuppelförmige und verschneite Insel mit markanten Felsvorsprüngen an der Nordwestseite vor der Loubet-Küste des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Im Crystal Sound liegt sie 1,5 km nördlich von Davidson Island.

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