Ytrehovdeholmen
| Ytrehovdeholmen | ||
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 13 ′ S , 39 ° 26 ′ E | |
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Ytrehovdeholmen (translated from Norwegian, Outer Hill Island ) is an island off the Prince Harald coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is the largest of a group of four islands and is located 6 km west of the Langhovde group of hills in the eastern part of the Lützow-Holm Bay .
Norwegian cartographers, who named them after their geographical location within the islands adjacent to the Langhovde hill group, mapped them using aerial photographs from the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Ytrehovdeholmen Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ytrehovdeholmen Island on geographic.org (English)