Paterson Islands
| Paterson Islands | ||
|---|---|---|
| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 32 ' S , 63 ° 10' E | |
|
||
The Paterson Islands are a group of small islands off the Mawson Coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . They are 6 km northeast of the Klungholmane .
Norwegian cartographers mapped the islands using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them after Alexander J. F. Paterson, a radio technician at Mawson Station in 1963.
Web links
- Paterson Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Paterson Islands on geographic.org (English)