Zasnezhennyj Island
| Zasnezhennyj Island | ||
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| Waters | Mawson Lake | |
| Archipelago | Highjump Archipelago ( East Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 59 ′ S , 100 ° 50 ′ E | |
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Zasnezhennyj Island ( English ; Russian Полуостров Заснеженный Poluostrow Sasneschenny , German ' Snowy Peninsula' ) is an island in the Highjump Archipelago off the Knox coast of the East Arctic Wilkesland . It is in the immediate vicinity of Dieglman Island .
Scientists on a Soviet Antarctic expedition mapped it as a peninsula in 1956 and named it. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia transferred this name in 1989, adapted in a transcribed partial translation into English.
Web links
- Zasnezhennyj Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)