Verner Island

Verner Island

Verner Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°35′S 62°53′E / 67.583°S 62.883°E / -67.583; 62.883Coordinates: 67°35′S 62°53′E / 67.583°S 62.883°E / -67.583; 62.883
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Verner Island is one of the Jocelyn Islands, lying just west of Petersen Island, just east of Lee Island and Kista Strait, and just south of Moller Bank and Carstens Shoal, in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and remapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956. It was named , the chief officer of the Thala Dan in 1961.

See also[]

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References[]

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

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