Akerman Island
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 26 ′ S , 75 ° 55 ′ E | |
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Akerman Island is a small and low island in Prydz Bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elisabeth Land in East Antarctica . It is located 3.5 km southwest of Cook Island in front of the Larsemann Hills .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 1992 after Jonathan C. Akerman, director of Davis Station in 1990, who had led the construction of a 650 km long traverse to the Larseman Hills to complete a new and safe all year inland route.
Web links
- Akerman Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)