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Case Island
Case Island
is a roughly circular ice-covered island, in diameter, lying off the coast of
Palmer Land
,
Antarctica
. The island lies in
Carroll Inlet
between the mainland and
Smyley Island
. It was mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
from surveys and from
U.S. Navy
aerial photographs, 1961–66. The name was suggested by
Finn Ronne
for Senator
Francis H. Case
, who assisted in obtaining Government support to provide a ship for the
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
, 1947–48.
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