Hidari Zima
| Hidari Zima | ||
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| Archipelago | Flatvær | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 5 ′ S , 39 ° 31 ′ E | |
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Hidari Zima ( Japanese 左 島 'Left Island' ) is a small island off the Prince Harald Coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located in the Flatvær archipelago just off East Ongul Island .
Norwegian cartographers mapped them in 1946 using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . Japanese scientists named them in 1972 after their position in icebreaker trips from the open sea to Shōwa station .
Web links
- Hidari Zima in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)