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Wollan Island

Coordinates: 66°25′S 66°38′W / 66.417°S 66.633°W / -66.417; -66.633
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Wollan Island (66°25′S 66°38′W / 66.417°S 66.633°W / -66.417; -66.633) 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.

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