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Vicars Island
Island in Enderby Land, Antarctica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vicars Island is a small ice-covered island about 3.7 kilometres (2 nmi) off the coast of Enderby Land. It was discovered on 12 January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson. He named it after an Australian textile company which presented the expedition with cloth for uniforms.
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This article incorporates public domain material from "Vicars Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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