Nabbøya
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht , Southern Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 16 ′ S , 39 ° 35 ′ E | |
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Nabbøya (Norwegian for cone island ) is a small, towering and un-iced island off the Prince Harald coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located 1.5 km west of the Hamnenabben in the eastern part of the Lützow-Holm-Bucht .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it based on its shape, mapped this island using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Nabbøya in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nabbøya on geographic.org (English)