Shcherbinina Island
| Shcherbinina Island | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Archipelago | Rough Islands | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 50 ′ S , 77 ° 56 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 43 m | |
Shcherbinina Island ( English ; Russian Остров Щербинина Ostrow Shcherbinina ) is an irregularly shaped and up to 43 m high island off the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It belongs to the group of the Rauer Islands and is 2.5 km southeast of Filla Island .
Scientists from a Soviet Antarctic expedition mapped it and named it in 1956. It was named after the Russian geologist Ekaterina Shcherbinina of the Russian Academy of Sciences . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia translated this designation into English.
Web links
- Shcherbinina Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)