Yomogiri Zima

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Yomogiri Zima
Waters Lützow-Holm-Bucht
Geographical location 69 ° 43 ′  S , 38 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 69 ° 43 ′  S , 38 ° 58 ′  E
Yomogiri Zima (Antarctica)
Yomogiri Zima

Yomogiri Zima (from Japanese 四方 ぎ り 'foggy island' ) is a small island off the Prince Harald coast of Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It is located 7 km west of Sudare Rock and 20 km north of Rundvågshetta in Lützow-Holm-Bucht .

Aerial photographs and surveys of Japanese Antarctic expeditions from 1962 and 1982 were used to map them. Japanese scientists named it in 1977.

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