Antenna island
| Antenna island | ||
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| Archipelago | Flatvær | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 0 ′ S , 39 ° 35 ′ E | |
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The Antenna Island ( Japanese ア ン テ ナ ナ 島 Antena-jima , English Antenna Island ) is a small island off the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It belongs to the Flatvær archipelago and is located on the east side of the entrance to Lützow-Holm Bay , halfway between the island of Nesøya and the East Ongul island .
The island was mapped on the basis of measurements and aerial photographs of a Japanese Antarctic expedition in 1957. It is named after the radio antennas installed on this island that belong to the Shōwa station .
Web links
- Antenna Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Antenna Island on geographic.org (English)