Kring Islands

Kring Islands
Kring Islands

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°10′S 58°30′E / 67.167°S 58.500°E / -67.167; 58.500Coordinates: 67°10′S 58°30′E / 67.167°S 58.500°E / -67.167; 58.500
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

The Kring Islands are a group of two islands and numerous rocks lying at the east side of Bell Bay along the coast of Enderby Land, Antarctica. They were mapped as a single island by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Kringla (the ring). Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions air photos of 1959 show the feature to be more than one island.[1]

See also

References

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


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