Kjølen
| Kjølen | ||
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| Waters | Stefansson Bay | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 21 ′ S , 59 ° 19 ′ E | |
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Kjølen (Norwegian for Kiel ) is an island off the coast of the East Antarctic Kemplands . It is located 1.5 km south of Foldøya on the east side of Stefansson Bay .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named them, mapped them using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . She was visited in 1956 by a team on the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions .
Web links
- Keel Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Keel Island on geographic.org (English)