Kartografov Island
| Kartografov island | ||
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| Waters | Harald Bay , Somow Lake | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 12 ′ S , 157 ° 43 ′ E | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Kartografov Island ( Russian Остров Картографова Ostrow Kartografowa , German ' Kartographeninsel ' ) is a small island off the Oates coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located in the western section of the entrance to Harald Bay .
Aerial photographs were taken during the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947), during the Second Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956–1958) and in 1959 during one of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . Participants in the Soviet expedition named them. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated this into English in 1970.
Web links
- Kartografov Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kartografov Island on geographic.org (English)