Kollen Island
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| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 7 ′ S , 58 ° 20 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 75 m | |
Kollen Island is a 75 m high island off the coast of the East Antarctic Kempland . It lies off the eastern flank of the tongue of the Hoseason Glacier .
Norwegian cartographers, who named them Kollen ( Norwegian for hill ), mapped them in 1946 using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia translated this designation into English.
Web links
- Kollen Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)