Andersen Island
| Andersen Island | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation Lake , Southern Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Robinson group | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 26 ′ S , 63 ° 22 ′ E | |
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Andersen Island (formerly Lars Andersen Island ) is an island off the coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It is located 6 km west of Thorgaut Island in the western section of the Robinson Group .
Participants of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson mapped them in February 1931. At about the same time, the crew of the Norwegian whaling ship Falk under Captain Lars Anton Andersen (1891-1967 ) mapped them ), after which the island is named.
Web links
- Andersen Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Andersen Island on geographic.org (English)