Teøyane
| Teøyane | ||
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| archipelago | Flatvær | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 3 ′ S , 39 ° 34 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 3 | |
| Main island | Teøya | |
The Teøyane ( Norwegian for tea islands ) are a group of three small islands ( Kita-Teøya , Higasi-Teøya and Nisi-Teøya ) and some reef rocks off the Prince Harald coast of Queen Maud Land . They belong to the Flatvær archipelago and are located immediately south of Ongul Island on the east side of the entrance to Lützow Holm Bay .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named them, mapped the three main islands using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . The entire group was captured by Japanese Antarctic expeditions between 1957 and 1962 .
Web links
- Te Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Te Islands on geographic.org (English)