Suter Island
| Suter Island | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 36 ′ S , 77 ° 54 ′ E | |
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Suter Island is a small island off the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . In the Vestfold Mountains , it is located 800 south-west of the southern boundary of the entrance to Heidemann Bay .
Norwegian cartographers mapped them using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them after William J. Suter, a cook at Davis Station in 1960.
Web links
- Suter Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Suter Island on geographic.org (English)