Ewing Island
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Ewing Island is an ice-covered, dome-shaped island 8 miles in diameter, lying 15 miles northeast of Cape Collier
, off the east coast of Palmer Land
. It was discovered from the air on November 7, 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(RARE), under Ronne, who named it for Dr. Maurice Ewing of Columbia University
, who assisted in planning the RARE seismological program.
Cape Collier
Cape Collier is a broad ice-covered cape on the east coast of Palmer Land, about midway between the south end of Hearst Island and Cape Boggs. It was discovered in 1940 by members of the United States Antarctic Service who explored this coast by land and from the air from East Base, and named for...
, off the east coast of Palmer Land
Palmer Land
Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...
. It was discovered from the air on November 7, 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...
(RARE), under Ronne, who named it for Dr. Maurice Ewing of Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, who assisted in planning the RARE seismological program.