Storøy
Storøy | ||
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Waters | Prydz Bay | |
Geographical location | 69 ° 27 ′ S , 75 ° 46 ′ E | |
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Storøy ( Norwegian for Big Island ) 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 descriptively, mapped them in detail using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Storøy in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)