Hovde Island

Hovde Island

Hovde Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	69°15′S 76°52′E / 69.250°S 76.867°E / -69.250; 76.867Coordinates: 69°15′S 76°52′E / 69.250°S 76.867°E / -69.250; 76.867
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Hovde Island is a small, rounded, rocky island in Prydz Bay, lying at the extremity of the small glacier tongue from Hovde Glacier. It was mapped from air photograph by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936) and named Hovden (the knoll). The recommended form and generic term takes into account the offshore nature of the feature.^[1]

See also[]

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

References[]

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

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