Lajka Island
| Lajka Island | ||
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| Waters | Mawson Lake | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 2 ′ S , 101 ° 9 ′ E | |
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Lajka Island ( English ; Russian Остров Лайка Ostrow Laika ) is an island off the Knox coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It is located in the area of the Bunger Oasis .
Scientists on a Soviet Antarctic expedition mapped it in 1956. It is named after the bitch Laika , who was the first living creature to be brought into orbit around the earth by humans during the 1957 Sputnik-2 mission . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia translated the Russian name into English.
Web links
- Lajka Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)