Recovery Island
| Recovery Island | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Archipelago | Rough Islands | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 55 ' S , 77 ° 53' E | |
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Recovery Island (from English recovery , recovery, recovery ' ) is a small island off the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It belongs to the Rauer Islands and is located immediately west of Cape Drakon .
Australian scientists named them. It is named after the fact that the island was used by researchers as a stopover to relax on a ski tour from Ranvik Island in 1992 .
Web links
- Recovery Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)