Etymology

Crocker Land

Today it means: A huge island supposedly sighted by the explorer Robert Peary from the top of Cape Colgate in 1906, now known not to exist. Full definition →

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The story

Named after San Francisco banker George Crocker, a financial backer.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.