DuBois Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
DuBois Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
one of the W Biscoe Islands, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers in cold climate physiology grouped in this area, named after Eugene Floyd DuBois (1882-1959), American physiologist who specialized in the measurement of basic metabolism and studies of the regulation of body temperature in man; Professor of Medicine, 1930-41, and of Physiology, 1941-50, Cornell University, NY (APC, 1960, p.4). Dubois [sic] Island (BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961).
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