Tverrholmen
| Tverrholmen | ||
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| Waters | Stefansson Bay | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 17 ′ S , 59 ° 23 ′ E | |
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Tverholmen (meaning diagonal island translated from Norwegian ) is an island off the coast of the East Antarctic Kemplands . It lies between the islands of Foldøya and Kjølen on the east side of Stefansson Bay .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named them, mapped them using aerial photographs taken between January and February 1937 during the Lars Christensen Expedition 1936/37 .
Web links
- Transverse Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Transverse Island on geographic.org (English)