Larsøya

Larsøya

Larsøya

Island in the Southern Ocean

Larsøya,[1][2][3][4] sometimes anglicized as Lars Island, is a rocky island, less than 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) long, which lies just off the southwestern extremity of the island of Bouvetøya in the South Atlantic Ocean. It was first roughly charted in 1898 by a German expedition under Carl Chun. The Norwegian expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt made a landing on the island from the ship Norvegia in December 1927, and named it after Lars Christensen, sponsor of the expedition.[5]

Map of Bouvetøya with Larsøya shown in the bottom left.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Larsøya". Norwegian Polar Institute. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  2. [2]
    Barr, Susan (1987). Norway's Polar Territories. Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 59. ISBN 82-03-15689-4.
  3. [3]
    P. E. Baker (1967). "Historical and Geological Notes on Bouvetøya" (PDF). British Antarctic Survey Bulletin (13): 71–84. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  4. [4]
    Rubin, Jeff (2005). Antarctica. Lonely Planet. p. 155. ISBN 1-74059-094-5.
  5. [5]
    "Lars Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-06-03.

54°27′11″S 3°18′54″E

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