Neptune Island
| Neptune Island | ||
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| Waters | Buhta Russkogo Soldata | |
| Archipelago | Rough Islands | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 46 ′ S , 78 ° 5 ′ E | |
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Neptune Island is an island off the Ingrid Christensen coast of Princess Elisabeth Land in East Antarctica . It belongs to the Rauer Islands and is remote from the other islands in the group in the Buhta Russkogo Soldata , a side bay of Prydz Bay .
Australian scientists named them because of their remoteness after Neptune , the outermost planet of the solar system.
Web links
- Neptune Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)