Rigel Skerries
| Rigel Skerries | ||
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| Waters | Edward VIII Bay | |
| archipelago | Øygarden ( Kempland , East Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 55 ′ S , 57 ° 18 ′ E | |
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The Rigel Skerries are a chain of small islands and skerries in the north-western part of the Øygarden archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Kemplands . They are located in the southern section of the entrance to Edward VIII Bay .
Norwegian cartographers recorded it using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . The first landing was made in 1954 by the team around the Australian geodesist Robert George Dovers (1921-1981) as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Australian Nature Conservation Agency named it after the star Rigel , which served as a benchmark for surveying work in the area.
Web links
- Rigel Skerries in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rigel Skerries on geographic.org (English)