Mame Island
| Mame Island | ||
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ S , 39 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 1.5 km | |
Mame Island ( English ; Japanese ま め 島 Mame Zima , German 'bean island' ) is a small island off the Prince Harald coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the eastern part of Lützow-Holm Bay , it is 150 m west of Ongul Island .
Aerial photographs and measurements of a Japanese Antarctic expedition carried out from 1957 to 1962, as a result of which the naming was made, were used to map the island. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred the Japanese designation in 1968 in a partial translation into English.
Web links
- Mame Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mame Island on geographic.org (English)