Hedgehog Island
| Hedgehog Island | ||
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| Waters | Moubray Bay , Ross Sea | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 12 ′ S , 170 ° 0 ′ E | |
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Hedgehog Island is a small island of bare granite off the Borchgrevink coast of East Antarctica Victoria Land . In Moubray Bay it is 1.5 km south of Helm Point .
A team of Hallett Station she visited in 1957. Scientists of a 1957-1958 campaign carried out as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after its shape to a hedgehog ( English hedgehog recalls).
Web links
- Hedgehog Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hedgehog Island on geographic.org (English)