Canopus Islands
| Canopus Islands | ||
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| Waters | Holme Bay , Southern Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 32 ′ S , 62 ° 59 ′ E | |
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| Main island | Canopus Island | |
The Canopus Islands are a group of small islands off the Mawson Coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . They are located immediately north of Klungholmane in the eastern part of Holme Bay .
Norwegian cartographers mapped them using aerial photographs from the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after the star Canopus in 1959 .
Web links
- Canopus Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Canopus Islands on geographic.org (English)