Manning Island
| Manning Island | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 21 ′ S , 76 ° 20 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 63 m | |
Manning Island is a large island in Prydz Bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elisabeth Land in East Antarctica . It is located 1.9 km north of the Broknes peninsula in the Larsemann Hills area .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it in 1946 using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 and named it Vikøy ( Norwegian for bay island ). The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia , on the other hand, named them after John Manning (* 1937), who between 1969 and 1974 led ANARE teams to survey the Prince Charles Mountains several times .
Web links
- Manning 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)