Otto von Kotzebue Island
| Otto von Kotzebue Island | ||
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| Waters | Ronne Entrance | |
| Geographical location | 73 ° 22 ′ S , 73 ° 47 ′ W | |
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The Otto von Kotzebue Island ( Russian Остров О. Коцебу Ostrow O. Kozebu ) is an icy island off the English coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located immediately southeast of DeAtley Island on the south side of the Ronne Entrance at the southwest end of George VI Sound .
Russian scientists named it after the German-Russian explorer Otto von Kotzebue (1787–1846).
Web links
- O. Kocebu, ostrov in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)