Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Einstøding Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Einstøding Islands (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A group of three small islands, 6 km north of the Stanton Group off Mac.Robertson Land. Probably first seen by BANZARE (1930-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson.
Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Einstödingane. Einstøding” means something like recluse, loner or outsider in Norwegian.
No images of this place could be found.
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