Hovdøyane
| Hovdøyane | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 13 ′ S , 76 ° 44 ′ E | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Hovdøyane (from Norwegian hovd , head, skull, roundness' ) are a group of islands off the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . They are located in the northeast part of Prydz Bay .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named them, mapped them in detail using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Hovdøyane in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)