Galten Islands

Galten Islands
Galten Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 66°23′S 56°25′E / 66.383°S 56.417°E / -66.383; 56.417Coordinates: 66°23′S 56°25′E / 66.383°S 56.417°E / -66.383; 56.417
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

The Galten Islands are a small group of islands in the eastern part of Magnet Bay, Antarctica, 19 kilometres (10 nmi) west of Cape Davis. They were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and called Galten (the boar). They were first visited in 1957 by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions party led by B.H. Stinear.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Galten Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-16.

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