Spaatz Island
| Spaatz Island | ||
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| Waters | Bellingshausensee ( Southern Ocean ) | |
| Geographical location | 73 ° 12 ′ S , 75 ° 7 ′ W | |
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| length | 80 km | |
| width | 40 km | |
| surface | 4th 100 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Spaatz Island is a glaciated and uninhabited island with a land area of 4100 square kilometers off the English coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . It is located about 50 km southwest of the south coast of Alexander I Island .
The American polar explorer Finn Ronne discovered them during an overflight during his Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948). He named it after Carl A. Spaatz (1891–1974), Chief of Staff of the United States Army Air Forces , who helped provide aircraft for the research trip.
Web links
- Spaatz Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Spaatz Island on geographic.org (English)