Karlsen skirt
| Karlsen skirt | ||
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| Waters | Scotia Lake | |
| Archipelago | South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 21 ′ S , 46 ° 0 ′ W | |
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The Karlsen skirt is below the sea level befindlicher Rifffelsen in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located 16 km north-northwest of Penguin Point on Coronation Island .
The Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle mapped and named him when he sailed for the waters around the South Orkney Islands between 1912 and 1913. It is probably named after Axel Karlsen, a Norwegian harpooner .
Web links
- Karlsen Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Karlsen Rock on geographic.org (English)