Wattle Island (Antarctica)
| Wattle Island | ||
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| Waters | Cosmonaut Lake | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 17 ′ S , 46 ° 46 ′ E | |
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Wattle Island is a small island off the coast of the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It is located 10 km east of Kirkby Head .
Aerial photographs taken in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions were used to map them. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after the name common in Australia for the approximately 400 species of the Acacia plant genus .
Web links
- Wattle Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wattle Island on geographic.org (English)