Nøst Island
  Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 67°37′S 62°41′E / 67.617°S 62.683°ECoordinates: 67°37′S 62°41′E / 67.617°S 62.683°E |
| Administration | |
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None | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Nøst Island is an island less than 0.9 kilometres (0.5 nmi) long, 3.7 kilometres (2 nmi) west-southwest of Evans Island in the south part of Holme Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and called by them Nøstet (the boatshed).
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