Brøka
| Brøka | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation Lake , Southern Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 7 ′ S , 58 ° 36 ′ E | |
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Brøka (Norwegian for knee breeches ) is a 6 km long and up to 140 m high island off the coast of the East Antarctic Kemplands . It is 3 km north of the Law Promontory and 1.5 km west of the Havstein .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . When naming it, they were reminded of knee breeches, given the shape of the island. This shape is determined by a bay on the north coast of the island.
Web links
- Broka Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Broka Island on geographic.org (English)