Dewart Island
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LocationVincennes Bay
Coordinates66°13′S 110°10′E / 66.217°S 110.167°E
ArchipelagoFrazier Islands
PopulationUninhabited
  Dewart Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Vincennes Bay |
| Coordinates | 66°13′S 110°10′E / 66.217°S 110.167°E |
| Archipelago | Frazier Islands |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Dewart Island is the central island in the Frazier Islands, in Vincennes Bay, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica.
The island was photographed from the air in the course of the US Navy's Operation Highjump (1946–47) and its position fixed by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (1956). It was named by Carl R. Eklund for Gilbert Dewart, a seismologist at Wilkes Station, 1957.[1]
