Fram Islands

Fram Islands
Fram Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 66°38′S 139°50′E / 66.633°S 139.833°E / -66.633; 139.833Coordinates: 66°38′S 139°50′E / 66.633°S 139.833°E / -66.633; 139.833
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

The Fram Islands are a small group of rocky islands and rocks in the western portion of the Geologie Archipelago, 4 kilometres (2 nmi) north-northwest of Cape Geodesie. They were photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51, and named by them for the Norwegian polar ship Fram, used by Fridtjof Nansen in the Arctic and Roald Amundsen in the Antarctic.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fram Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
  2. ↑ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 256. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

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