Cruzen Island - Revision history

Westarctica: /* Discovery and name */ added link to USS Bear article

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Discovery and name: added link to USS Bear article

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	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==
	It was discovered in 1940 on aerial flights from the West Base of the US [[Antarctica\|Antarctic]] Service, and named for Commander Richard Cruzen, [[U.S. Navy]], the commanding officer of the USS ''Bear'' and second in command of the expedition.		It was discovered in 1940 on aerial flights from the West Base of the US [[Antarctica\|Antarctic]] Service, and named for Commander Richard Cruzen, [[U.S. Navy]], the commanding officer of the [[USS Bear\|USS ''Bear'']] and second in command of the expedition.

	==Protection by the government==		==Protection by the government==

DukeBearPeninsula: added note on WPS consideration

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added note on WPS consideration

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	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==
	It was discovered in 1940 on aerial flights from the West Base of the US [[Antarctica\|Antarctic]] Service, and named for Commander Richard Cruzen, [[U.S. Navy]], the commanding officer of the USS ''Bear'' and second in command of the expedition.		It was discovered in 1940 on aerial flights from the West Base of the US [[Antarctica\|Antarctic]] Service, and named for Commander Richard Cruzen, [[U.S. Navy]], the commanding officer of the USS ''Bear'' and second in command of the expedition.

			==Protection by the government==
			The area had been identified as a candidate for protection under the [[Westarctican Parks Service]].

	[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]
	[[Category: Islands]]		[[Category: Islands]]

Westarctica: fixed elevation number

2019-01-16T09:22:24Z

fixed elevation number

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	'''Cruzen Island''' is a rocky, but mostly snow-covered island about 93 kilometers (50 nmi) north-northeast of the mouth of the [[Land Glacier]] off the [[Ruppert Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].		'''Cruzen Island''' is a rocky, but mostly snow-covered island about 93 kilometers (50 nmi) north-northeast of the mouth of the [[Land Glacier]] off the [[Ruppert Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].

	It rises to an elevation of ~~243~~ meters on the southern point. There is a colony of [[Adélie penguin]]s on the northern tip of the island.		It rises to an elevation of 247 meters on the southern point. There is a colony of [[Adélie penguin]]s on the northern tip of the island.

	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==

Westarctica at 09:17, 16 January 2019

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	[[File:Cruzen-Island.png\|350px\|thumb\|Map of Cruzen Island]]		[[File:Cruzen-Island.png\|350px\|thumb\|Map of Cruzen Island]]
	'''Cruzen Island''' is a rocky, but mostly snow-covered island about 93 kilometers (50 nmi) north-northeast of the mouth of the [[Land Glacier]] off the ~~coast~~ of [[Westarctica]]. It rises to an elevation of 243 meters on the southern point. There is a colony of [[Adélie penguin]]s on the northern tip of the island.		'''Cruzen Island''' is a rocky, but mostly snow-covered island about 93 kilometers (50 nmi) north-northeast of the mouth of the [[Land Glacier]] off the [[Ruppert Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].

			It rises to an elevation of 243 meters on the southern point. There is a colony of [[Adélie penguin]]s on the northern tip of the island.

	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==

Westarctica at 05:02, 17 May 2018

2018-05-17T05:02:13Z

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	'''Cruzen Island''' is a rocky, but mostly snow-covered island about 93 ~~kilometres~~ (50 nmi) north-northeast of the mouth of the [[Land Glacier]] off the coast of Westarctica. It was discovered in 1940 on aerial flights from the West Base of the US Antarctic Service, and named for Commander Richard Cruzen, US Navy, the commanding officer of the ''~~USS~~ Bear'' and second in command of the expedition.		[[File:Cruzen-Island.png\|350px\|thumb\|Map of Cruzen Island]]
			'''Cruzen Island''' is a rocky, but mostly snow-covered island about 93 kilometers (50 nmi) north-northeast of the mouth of the [[Land Glacier]] off the coast of [[Westarctica]]. It rises to an elevation of 243 meters on the southern point. There is a colony of [[Adélie penguin]]s on the northern tip of the island.

			==Discovery and name==
			It was discovered in 1940 on aerial flights from the West Base of the US [[Antarctica\|Antarctic]] Service, and named for Commander Richard Cruzen, [[U.S. Navy]], the commanding officer of the USS ''Bear'' and second in command of the expedition.

	[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]
	[[Category: Islands]]		[[Category: Islands]]

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	[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]
	[[Category: Islands ~~of Westarctica~~]]		[[Category: Islands]]

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2018-05-16T23:24:50Z

Created with content derived from Wikipedia

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'''Cruzen Island''' is a rocky, but mostly snow-covered island about 93 kilometres (50 nmi) north-northeast of the mouth of the [[Land Glacier]] off the coast of Westarctica. It was discovered in 1940 on aerial flights from the West Base of the US Antarctic Service, and named for Commander Richard Cruzen, US Navy, the commanding officer of the ''USS Bear'' and second in command of the expedition.

[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]
[[Category: Islands of Westarctica]]