Rescue Island
| Rescue Island | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Archipelago | Rough Islands | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 51 ′ S , 77 ° 47 ′ E | |
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Rescue Iceland (of English rescue , rescue, salvage ' ) is a small island off the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . It belongs to the Rauer Islands and is located 700 m southeast of the center of Varyag Island .
Australian scientists named it after a rescue operation of researchers stranded on Ranvik Island , during which the rescuers from Efremova Island made a stopover on this island in order to scout the further route via a channel southeast of the Hyslop Islands .
Web links
- Rescue Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)