Naka-zima
| Naka-zima | ||
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| Waters | Cosmonaut Sea ( Southern Ocean ) | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 57 ′ S , 39 ° 39 ′ E | |
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Naka-zima ( transcription from Japanese 中 島 'Middle Island' ) is a small island off the Prince Harald coast of the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It is halfway between the Japanese Shōwa station on East Ongul Island and Tottsuki Point .
The first aerial photos were taken during the Norwegian Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . These were used by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 for an initial mapping. Japanese scientists took measurements in 1957 and named it in 1962.
Web links
- Naka-zima in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)