Kaname Island
| Padda | ||
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht , Southern Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 21 ′ S , 37 ° 36 ′ E | |
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Kaname Island ( Japanese 要 島 Kaname-jima , German 'Angelpunktsinsel' ) is a small and isolated island in the Lützow-Holm Bay on the Prince Harald Coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located 33 km northwest of the island of Padda .
Japanese scientists discovered them between 1969 and 1970 during a reconnaissance flight by helicopter from East Ongul Island . The name was given in 1972. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred the Japanese name in 1975 in a partial translation into English.
Web links
- Kaname Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kaname Island on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kaname Zima in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (translated into English as "pivot island"), accessed on February 17, 2018