Dålkøy
| Dålkøy | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 23 ′ S , 76 ° 30 ′ E | |
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Dålkøy is a small island off the Ingrid Christensen coast of Princess Elisabeth Land in East Antarctica . It is located just before the confluence of the Dålk Glacier in the southeastern part of Prydz Bay .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . The naming background has not survived.
Web links
- Dålk Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dålk Island on geographic.org (English)
- Map of the ASMA-6 "Larsemann Hills" Special Administrative Region (PDF) at the Australian Antarctic Data Center (description)