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Andersen Island
Andersen Island is an island 7 kilometres (4 nmi) west of Thorgaut Island, and 4 kilometres (2 nmi) east of Child Rocks, in the Robinson Group, Antarctica. It was mapped by the under Douglas Mawson in February 1931. The island was also charted from the whaler Thorgaut about the same time. It was named after Captain of the whaler Falk who had assisted the Discovery with coal.