Truls Island
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assumed position of Truls Island |
In January 1930, the Norwegian whaling ship Truls sighted in the subpolar, southern Indian Ocean at 56 ° 07 'S; 23 39'E a cliff 33 m high called Truls Island . The vain attempt at a re-sighting made in October of the same year the Norvegia ; the viewing radius was 38 km. At the specified position, a depth of 4,400 m was plumbed. Since Truls Island was never sighted again later, it can be assumed with certainty that the crew of the whaling ship Truls was deceived by a dark, rock-colored iceberg .
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Peter Kosack : The Antarctic: a geography; Heidelberg 1955 (Geographical Handbooks; 6), p. 151; see. Geographical journal, vol. 84, no. 3 (Sept.); London 1934 (p. 269)
Coordinates: 56 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ S , 23 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ E