Alphard Island
| Alphard Island | ||
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| Waters | Edward VIII Bay | |
| Archipelago | Øygarden (Antarctica) | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 57 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 5.5 km | |
| Highest elevation | 150 m | |
Alphard Island is an island north of Shaula Island in the Øygarden archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Kemplands .
Norwegian cartographers recorded it using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . The first landing was made in 1954 by the team around the Australian geodesist Robert George Dovers (1921-1981) as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Australian Nature Conservation Agency named it after the star Alphard , which served as a fixed point for surveying work in the area around the island.
Web links
- Alphard Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Alphard Island on geographic.org (English)