Spissøya
| Spissøya | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 32 ′ S , 75 ° 40 ′ E | |
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The Spissøya (from Norwegian spiss , tip, summit, vertex ' ) is an island off the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It lies east of the Publications Ice Shelf in the southeastern part of Prydz Bay .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named them, mapped them in 1946 using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Spissøya in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)