Английская Википедия:Grant Island
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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:About Шаблон:Infobox islands Grant Island is an ice-covered island, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide, lying Шаблон:Convert east of the smaller Shepard Island off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Like Shepard Island, Grant Island is surrounded by the Getz Ice Shelf on all but the north side. Grant Island was discovered and charted by personnel aboard Шаблон:USS on February 4, 1962. Grant Island was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander E. G. Grant, Commanding Officer of USS Glacier at the time of discovery.
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
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