Numbat Island
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| Waters | Casey Bay | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 34 ′ S , 47 ° 58 ′ E | |
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Numbat Island is a small island off the coast of the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It is located just east of Pinn Island in Casey Bay .
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1956 were used for their mapping. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them after the Numbat , a species of marsupial native to Australia.
Web links
- Numbat Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Numbat Island on geographic.org (English)