Nook Island
| Nook Island | ||
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| Waters | Stephenson Lagoon | |
| Archipelago | Heard and McDonald Islands | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 7 ′ S , 73 ° 40 ′ E | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Nook Island ( English for corner island ) is a small, sheltered island in the archipelago of the Heard and McDonald Islands in the southern Indian Ocean . It is located in the northwest corner of the Stephenson Lagoon on Heard Island .
Australian scientists named them after their geographic location in the Stephenson Lagoon.
Web links
- Nook Island in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)