Nadezhdy Island
| Nadezhdy Island | ||
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| Waters | Lazarev lake | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 44 ′ S , 11 ° 40 ′ E | |
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Nadezhdy Island ( English ; Russian Остров Надежды 'Island of Hope' , Norwegian Nadezhdyhalvøya ) is a 1.5 km long, ice-free rock island just off the Princess Astrid coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located in front of the north-central side of the Schirmacher Oasis .
The first aerial photographs were taken during the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939). The island was mapped and named in 1961 by participants in the Seventh Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1961–1963). The
Web links
- Nadezhdy Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nadezhdy Island on geographic.org (English)