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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
It was mapped from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy]] Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Elmer M. Cranton, U.S. Navy, medical officer and officer in charge at [[Byrd Station]] in 1967. | It was mapped from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy]] Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Elmer M. Cranton, U.S. Navy, medical officer and officer in charge at [[Byrd Station]] in 1967. | ||
==Peerage title== | ==Peerage title== | ||
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* [[Backer Islands]] | * [[Backer Islands]] | ||
* [[Brownson Islands]] | * [[Brownson Islands]] | ||
* Suchland Islands | * [[Suchland Islands]] | ||
* McKinzie Islands | * [[McKinzie Islands]] | ||
* Dyment Island | * [[Dyment Island]] | ||
* [[Edwards Islands]] | |||
[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | ||