Christiania Islands

Christiania Islands

Christiania Islands Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	63°57′S 61°27′W / 63.950°S 61.450°W / -63.950; -61.450Coordinates: 63°57′S 61°27′W / 63.950°S 61.450°W / -63.950; -61.450
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

The Christiania Islands are a group of islands and rocks between Liège Island and Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. They were charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache, who named the group for Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, where he obtained assistance and equipment for the expedition.

See also[]

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

Further reading[]

• Thomas Wyatt. Bagshawe, Two men in the Antarctic : an expedition to Graham land, 1920-1922, P 186
• United States. Hydrographic Office, Sailing Directions for Antarctica, P 144

References[]

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Christiania Islands". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

External links[]

• Christiania Islands on USGS website
• Christiania Islands on SCAR website
• Christiania Islands area satellite map
• Christiania Islands Copernix satellite image

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