Oldham Island

Oldham Island
Oldham Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°32′S 61°42′E / 67.533°S 61.700°E / -67.533; 61.700Coordinates: 67°32′S 61°42′E / 67.533°S 61.700°E / -67.533; 61.700
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Oldham Island is an island in the east part of the Stanton Group, off Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Andoya (duck island). Renamed by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Hugh Oldham, biologist and magnetician at Mawson Station in 1955.

See also

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


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