Bølingen Islands

Bølingen Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 69°28′S 75°45′E / 69.467°S 75.750°E / -69.467; 75.750Coordinates: 69°28′S 75°45′E / 69.467°S 75.750°E / -69.467; 75.750
Country
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

The Bølingen Islands are a group of small islands, 15 kilometres (8 nmi) in extent, lying immediately off the north side of the Publications Ice Shelf in the southeastern part of Prydz Bay. They were discovered and roughly charted by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen in February 1935, charted in greater detail by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37), and given the name "Bølingen " (the herd).[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Bølingen Islands" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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