Popp Island
| Popp Island | ||
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| Waters | Somow lake | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 31 ′ S , 151 ° 57 ′ E | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Popp Island is a small island in the Somov Sea . It lies in front of the Cook Ice Shelf on the Georg V coast and was photographed from the air by the US Navy during Operation Highjump in 1946/47 and by a Soviet Antarctic expedition in 1958 . The island is named after Hans-Christian Popp (1928–1960) from the Main Meteorological Observatory in Potsdam , who was killed in a fire on the Soviet Mirny station on the night of August 2nd to 3rd, 1960 .
Web links
- Popp Island in the Gazetteer of the Australian Antarctic Data Center
Individual evidence
- ^ A b John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1236 (English)
- ↑ Ines Kappler: The Meteorological Service of the GDR. The years 1953–1960 (PDF; 10.3 MB), German Weather Service Potsdam
- ^ Günter Skeib : Prisoners of the island . In: Gert Lange (Ed.): Probation in Antarctica. Antarctic research in the GDR , VEB FA Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig 1982, pp. 10–15