Werbljud Island
| Werbljud Island | ||
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| Waters | Leningradskiy Bay and Lazarev Lake | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 0 ′ S , 15 ° 55 ′ E | |
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The Werbljud Island ( Russian Купол Верблюд Kupol Werbljud , German , camel's hump ' ) is an ice-covered island off the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Lands . It is located in Leningradskiy Bay on the eastern edge of the Lazarev Ice Shelf . The island rises about 200 meters above the level of the ice shelf that it completely encloses.
It was mapped and descriptively named after its shape in 1961 by a Soviet Antarctic expedition .
Web links
- Verblyud Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Verblyud Island on geographic.org (English)