Verner Island
| Verner Island | ||
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| Waters | Holme Bay | |
| Archipelago | Jocelyn Islands | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 35 ' S , 62 ° 53' E | |
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Verner Island is an island off the Mawson Coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the group of Jocelyn Islands in Holme Bay , it lies immediately west of Petersen Island .
Norwegian cartographers used aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 to map the island. Scientists on one of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions carried out a new mapping in 1956. It is named after Verner Pedersen, senior officer on board the research vessel Thala Dan in 1961.
Web links
- Verner Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Verner Island on geographic.org (English)