Nøkkeløya
| Nøkkeløya | ||
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| Archipelago | Nøkkelholmane | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 28 ′ S , 39 ° 28 ′ E | |
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The Nøkkeløya (meaning key island translated from Norwegian ) is a small island off the Prince Harald coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located off the west side of the Skarvsnes peninsula in the eastern part of the Lützow-Holm Bay and is the southernmost island in the Nøkkelholmane group .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named them, mapped them using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Nøkkel Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nøkkel Island on geographic.org (English)