Hippo Island
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| Waters | Shackleton Ice Shelf | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 25 ′ S , 98 ° 10 ′ E | |
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Hippo Iceland (of English hippo , hippo ' ) is a steep and rocky island off the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Marie-country . It rises from the Shackleton Ice Shelf 2.5 km north of Delay Point .
The team from the west base in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered and named them. It is named after its shape, which is reminiscent of a hippo .
Web links
- Hippo Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hippo Island on geographic.org (English)