Law Islands
| Law Islands | ||
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| Waters | Stefansson Bay | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 15 ′ S , 59 ° 2 ′ E | |
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The Law Islands are a group of small islands off the coast of the East Antarctic Kempland . They are located in front of the eastern end of Law Promontory on the west side of the entrance to Stefansson Bay .
Norwegian cartographers mapped them using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . A team from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions , led by the German-Australian geologist Peter Wolfgang Israel Crohn (1925-2015), visited them in 1956. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them after their proximity to the Law Promontory. It is named after the Australian polar explorer Phillip Law (1912-2010).
Web links
- Law Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Law Islands on geographic.org (English)