Tryne Island
| Pintado Island | ||
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| Waters | Tryne Fjord | |
| Archipelago | Trynøyane ( East Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 40 '11 " S , 77 ° 53' 40" E | |
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| length | 3 km | |
| Highest elevation | 62 m | |
Tryne Island is a 3 km long island off the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It is the largest and most southerly of the Trynøyane in the Vestfold Mountains and is located at the entrance to the Tryne Fjord .
Aerial photographs of the Norwegian Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 were used by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 for mapping purposes. They thought they were part of the Langnes Peninsula and named them Langnestrynet ( Norwegian for long-nosed snout ). Scientists from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions uncovered the island character. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia made the renaming in 1956 based on the one for the entire archipelago.
Web links
- Tryne Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)