Hiyoko Island
| Hiyoko Island | ||
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 0 ′ S , 39 ° 35 ′ E | |
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Hiyoko Island ( Japanese ひ よ こ 島 Hiyoko-jima , German 'chick island' ) is an island off the Prince Harald coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located 1 km southwest of the island of Nesøya in the Lützow-Holm Bay . It is the easternmost of the three islands, 800 m northwest of the strait between Ongul Island and East Ongul Island .
Aerial photographs and measurements of a Japanese Antarctic expedition carried out from 1957 to 1962. The American Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names converted the Japanese name from 1972 into English in 1975.
Web links
- Hiyoko Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hiyoko Island on geographic.org (English)