Molholm Island

Island in Antarctica
66°16′S 110°33′E / 66.267°S 110.550°E / -66.267; 110.550ArchipelagoWindmill IslandsAdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Molholm Island is an island at the entrance to McGrady Cove in the eastern part of Newcomb Bay, in the Windmill Islands of Antarctica.[1] The island was mapped from air photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1946–47, and was named by Carl R. Eklund for John Molholm, a glaciologist at Wilkes Station in 1957.[1]

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