Oriental Island
| Oriental Island | ||
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| Waters | Cave Bay | |
| Archipelago | Heard and McDonald Islands | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 2 '13.9 " S , 73 ° 21' 58.1" E | |
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| length | 160 m | |
| Highest elevation | 10 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Oriental Island is an approximately 160 m long island in the archipelago of the Heard and McDonald Islands in the southern Indian Ocean . It is located in Cave Bay on Heard Island .
It is named after the American merchant ship Oriental under Captain John Heard , who discovered Heard on November 25, 1853 from aboard the ship.
Web links
- Oriental Island in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)