Jongens Island
| Jongens Island | ||
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| Waters | Holme Bay | |
| Archipelago | Flat Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 36 ′ S , 62 ° 47 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 13 m | |
Jongens Island is a small island off the Mawson Coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the group of the Flat Islands it is 3 km northwest of Mawson Station in the immediate vicinity of Kerry Island .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them in 2009 after the Hague- born Australian electrical and radio engineer Sjoerd "Sojo" Jongens (1950-2008), who was part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions to the winter teams at Mawson Station in the year 1980 and on Macquarie Island in 1986.
Web links
- Jongens Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)