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Grinnell Island
Grinnell
Island
is an
island
long,
lying
south
of
Chappel Island
in the
Donovan Islands
of
Antarctica
. It was first mapped from air
photos
taken by U.S.
Navy
Operation Highjump
, 1946–47, and was named by
Carl
R.
Eklund
for
Lieutenant
Sheldon
W. Grinnell of the U.S.
Navy Reserve
Medical Corps
, a
medical officer
at
Wilkes Station
, 1957.