Ko-minato
| Ko-minato | ||
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| Land mass | Prince Harald Coast , Queen Maud Land | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 10 ′ 40 ″ S , 39 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Ko-minato ( transcription from Japanese 小 湊 'Little Harbor' , Norwegian Vesalvika ) is a side bay of the Lützow-Holm Bay on the Prince Harald Coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It lies on the north side of the Langhovde range of hills .
Norwegian cartographers mapped the bay in 1946 using aerial photographs from the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . Japanese cartographers mapped it based on surveys carried out in 1957 and gave it its name in 1962.
Web links
- Ko-minato in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)