Koiwa Zima
| Koiwa Zima | ||
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| Archipelago | Flatvær | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 0 ′ S , 39 ° 38 ′ E | |
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Koiwa Zima ( transcription from Japanese 小 岩 島 'Little Rock Island' ) is a flat island off the Prince Harald Coast of Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It belongs to the Flatvær archipelago and is located immediately south of Iwa-zima in the north-eastern part of the Lützow-Holm Bay .
Norwegian cartographers mapped them in 1946 using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . Japanese scientists gave it its profane name in 1974.
Web links
- Koiwa Zima in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)