Nøst Island
Nøst Island Location in Antarctica | |
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 67°37′S 62°41′E / 67.617°S 62.683°ECoordinates: 67°37′S 62°41′E / 67.617°S 62.683°E |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Nøst Island is an island less than 0.9 kilometres (0.5 nmi) long, 3.7 kilometres (2 nmi) west-southwest of Evans Island in the south part of Holme Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and called by them Nøstet (the boatshed).
See also[]
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Nøst Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
Categories:
- Islands of Mac. Robertson Land
- Mac. Robertson Land geography stubs