Proclamation Island is a small rocky
island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) west of
Cape Batterbee and close east of
Aagaard Islands. Discovered by the
British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, 1929-31, and so named, following the reading of a proclamation on its summit on
January 13,
1930 claiming the area for the British
Crown.
See also