Thorgaut Island
| Thorgaut Island | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation Lake , Southern Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Robinson group | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 27 ′ S , 63 ° 33 ′ E | |
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Thorgaut Island ( also Thorgautøya in Norway ) is the largest of the islands in the northeastern part of the Robinson Group off the coast of the East Antarctic Mac-Robertson Land . It is located 11 km northwest of Cape Daly .
This island and those in the immediate vicinity were sighted in 1931 by the crew of the Norwegian whaling ship Thorgaut and named as Thorgautøyane . In accordance with the recommendations of the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA), the name Robinson, already assigned by the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson , remained for the entire archipelago, while the island described here received its current name.
Web links
- Thorgaut Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Thorgaut Island on geographic.org (English)