Hyotan Jima
| Hyotan Jima | ||
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 13 ′ S , 39 ° 25 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 25 m | |
Hyotan Jima (from Japanese ひ ょ た ん じ ま Hyōtan-shima , German ' pumpkin island' ) is a small island off the Prince Harald coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is the largest of a series of small islands in the vicinity of the island of Ytrehovdeholmen west of the Langhovde in the Lützow-Holm Bay . The island has two 25 and 21 m high hills .
Japanese scholars named them descriptively in 2008 after their shape.
Web links
- Hyotan Jima in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)