Clow Island is an island 1.1 kilometres (0.6 nmi) long in the eastern part of Lake Fryxell in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica. This feature was a peninsula as recently as the 1980s when the rising level of the lake submerged the eastern part of the peninsula and created the island. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (2000) after Gary D. Clow of the United States Geological Survey, who studied sand/ice interactions and sediment deposition in perennially ice-covered lakes in Taylor Valley, 1985–86, and glacier geophysics at Taylor Dome, 1993–94 through 1995–96.[1]

Clow Island
Clow Island is located in Antarctica
Clow Island
Clow Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates77°37′S 163°11′E / 77.617°S 163.183°E / -77.617; 163.183
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

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References

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  1. ^ "Clow Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 16 November 2011.

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