Nøkkelholmane
| Nøkkelholmane | ||
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 24 ′ S , 39 ° 29 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 24 | |
The Nøkkelholmane (literally translated from Norwegian as Key Islands ) are a scattered group of around 24 islands off the Prince Harald coast of Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . They are located directly in front of the west side of the Skarvsnes peninsula in the eastern part of the Lützow-Holm-Bucht .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named them, mapped them using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Nøkkelholmane Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nøkkelholmane Islands on geographic.org (English)