Havstein
| Havstein | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation Lake , Southern Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 7 ′ S , 58 ° 45 ′ E | |
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The Havstein (mutatis mutandis translated from Norwegian Sea Stone ) is a 5 km long and 3 km wide rocky island off the coast of the East Antarctic Kemplands . It is located 2.5 km north of Law Promontory and 1.5 km east of Brøka Island .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped the island based on aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Havstein Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Havstein Island on geographic.org (English)