Lovering Island
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 22 ′ S , 76 ° 21 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 45 m | |
Lovering Island is a small, round island in Prydz Bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elisabeth Land in East Antarctica . It is located 3.7 km northwest of the Law Racoviță station in the Larsemann Hills area .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 1988 after the Australian geologist John Francis Lovering (* 1930), Vice President of Flinders University and Chairman of the Antarctic Science Advisory Committee in the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities from 1985 to 1990 .
Web links
- Lovering Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Map of the ASMA-6 "Larsemann Hills" Special Administrative Region (PDF) at the Australian Antarctic Data Center (description)