Adams Island

English

Etymology

The antarctic island is named after Edgar Lucas Adams (1883–1928), the boatswain of the expedition ship, Aurora.

Proper noun

Adams Island

  1. A former island in Massachusetts, United States.
  2. An uninhabited island of the Auckland Islands, New Zealand.
  3. An uninhabited island of the Qikiqtaaluk region, Nunavut territory, Canada.
  4. A small rocky coastal antarctic island.

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