Tiger Island (Antarctica)
| Tiger Island | ||
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| Waters | Granite Harbor | |
| Geographical location | 76 ° 47 ′ S , 162 ° 28 ′ E | |
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| Highest elevation | 440 m | |
Tiger Island (literally translated from English Tiger Island ) is an island up to 440 m high off the Scott coast of East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located 6 km north of Lion Island in the northern part of Granite Harbor .
A New Zealand team of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) set up a surveying station here in October 1957 and named the island based on the name of Lion Island.
Web links
- Tiger Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tiger Island on geographic.org (English)