Carlson Island
| Carlson Island | ||
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| Waters | Prince Gustav Canal | |
| Archipelago | Ross Islands | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 52 '36 " S , 58 ° 15' 55" W | |
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| length | 1.5 km | |
The Carlson Island (also Wilhelm Carlson Island ) is a 1.5 km long and rocky island of up to 300 m height off the east coast of the Trinity Peninsula at the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located in the Prince Gustav Canal at a distance of 5 km southeast of Pitt Point and 3 km west of Rink Point on James Ross Island .
The island was discovered during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) led by Otto Nordenskjöld . He named it after the Swedish banker Wilhelm Carlson, one of the main donors of the research trip.
Web links
- Carlson Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Carlson Island on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Nordenskjöld: Scientific results of the Swedish south polar expedition 1901-1903 . Vol. 1, Delivery 1: The Swedish South Polar Expedition and its geographic activity , Lithographic Institute of the General Staff, Stockholm 1911