Håkollen
| Håkollen | ||
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| Waters | Edward VIII Bay | |
| Archipelago | Øygarden | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 57 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 1.6 km | |
| Highest elevation | 100 m | |
The Håkollen ( Norwegian for shark tip ; in Australia Shark Island for shark island ) is a 1.6 km long island off the coast of the East Antarctic Kempland . It is located in the south-western part of the Øygarden archipelago .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named them, mapped them in 1946 based on aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Håkollen Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Håkollen Island on geographic.org (English)