Padda (island)
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| Waters | Havsbotn | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 39 ′ S , 38 ° 20 ′ E | |
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Padda (Norwegian for toad ) is an island near the west side of the entrance to Havsbotn in Lützow-Holm-Bucht on the Prince Harald Coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it based on its shape, mapped this island using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Padda Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Padda Island on geographic.org (English)