Johansen Islands
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| Waters | Bellingshausen lake | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 3 ′ S , 72 ° 54 ′ W | |
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The Johansen Islands are a group of small, low and partially snow-free islands off the northwestern end of the Antarctic Alexander I Island . They are located 20 km west-northwest of Cape Vostok .
The crew of the USS Bear discovered them in 1940 as part of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). It is named after Bendik Johansen (1889 – unknown), ice pilot on this and the first two Antarctic expeditions ( 1928–1930 and 1933–1935) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd .
Web links
- Johansen Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Johansen Islands on geographic.org (English)