Meholmen
| Meholmen | ||
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| Archipelago | Flatvær | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 58 ′ S , 39 ° 32 ′ E | |
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Meholmen ( Norwegian for central island ) is an island off the Prince Harald Coast of Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It is located in the middle of the Flatvær archipelago between Ongul Island and Utholmen Island on the east side of the entrance to Lützow-Holm Bay .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it in 1946 using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . Their naming was based on their geographical position.
Web links
- Meholmen Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Meholmen Island on geographic.org (English)