Sandercock Island
| Sandercock Island | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 23 ′ S , 76 ° 7 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 67 m | |
Sanderock Island (in Norwegian, Storneskalven ) is an island off the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It is located immediately north of the Stornes peninsula in the Larsemann Hills area .
Norwegian cartographers mapped them in 1946 using aerial photographs of the Norwegian Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them after the flight squadron leader James C. Sandercock of the Royal Australian Air Force , flight dispatcher at Mawson Station in 1959.
Web links
- Sandercock Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Reversal calves in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute (English)