Nansen Island (Antarctica)
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| Waters | Wilhelmina Bay | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 62 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| length | 7 km | |
| width | 3 km | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Nansen Island ( French Île Nansen ) is the largest of the islands in Wilhelmina Bay off the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899), led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery, discovered and named them. It is named after the Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1862–1930).
Due to its location off the Antarctic Peninsula, it is often visited as part of tourist sea voyages.
Web links
- Nansen Island at the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)