COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

rising 200m above Larsen Ice Shelf near the ice front, NE of Seal Nunataks (q.v.), Nordenskjöld Coast, was charted as a volcanic island by Larsen, 11 December 1893, and named Lindenbergs Sugarpot (RSGS, 1894, p.491), Lindenberg's Sugar-Top (Larsen, 1894b, p.342), Lindenbergs Sukkertop (Larsen, 1894a, p.127) or Lindenbergs Zuckerpot (Schück, 1894, p.140), after C. Lindenberg, partner in the Hamburg firm of Woltereck and Robertson (which despatched Larsen's expedition), a manager of A/S Oceana, and part-owner of the expedition ship Jason, the island being shaped like a sugar-loaf; also called Lindenberg Volcano or Lindensberg Volcano (Larsen, 1894a, map p.120; 1894b, map facing p.333). Lindenbergs Zuckerhut (Petersen, 1895, p.291). Lindenberg Zuckerhut (Friederichsen, 1895b, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Lindenberg's Sugar-Loaf Volcano (Bruce, 1896, map p.509). Lindenbergs Vulkan (Petersen, 1896, p.67). Lindensberg Vol. (Ohlin, 1898, map p.302). IÎle Lindenberg (Gerlache, 1900a, map p.411). Lindenberg (BA chart 1238, iii.1901). Lindenberg Island (BA chart 3205, 1.vi.1901; 25.iii.1937; APC, 1955, p.14; BAS 250 sheet SQ 21-22/1 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1974). Lindenberg Sukkertop (Gerlache, 1902b, p.30). Lindenberg-Insel (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol.1, p.235). Lindenbergs Ön (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904a, Del.1, end map). Lindenberg Islands [sic] (Nordenskjöld and others, 1905, p.77). Lindenberg's Sugar-Loaf (Nordenskjöld and others, 1905, p.208). Isla de Lindenberg (Charcot, [1907], p.110). Sindemberg [sic] (Sobral, [1907], p.127). Isla Lindemberg [sic] (Rise Patron S., 1908, end map). Lindenbergs Sockertopp, Lindenbergöarna, Lindengergön [sic] (Andersson, 1944, p.134-35, 176). Isla Lindenberg (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.484; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.185). Lindenberg Ö (Hansen, chart 5, 1947a). The island was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1952-54. Lindenberg Eiland (Knapp, 1958, p.578). Ostrov Lindenberg (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). In 1981-82 the island was reported to be an active volcanic centre (González-Ferrán, 1983, p.336); this is unconfirmed.

Circular island 0.5 mi in diameter, lying 11 mi N of Robertson Island and some 35 mi ENE of Cape Fairweather, off the E coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by a Norwegian whaling expedition under C.A. Larsen in December 1893. Named by Larsen for a member of the firm of Woltereck and Robertson of Hamburg which sent him to the Antarctic.

Fue descubierta por la Expedición Ballenera Noruega al mando del C. A. Larsen. El nombre pertenece a un miembro de la firma Woltereck y Robertson de Hamburgo, los cuales le enviaron a la Antártica. Isla circular con un diámetro aproximado de 7,5 cables situada a 11 millas al N de isla Robertson y a unas 35 millas al ENE de cabo Fairweather en la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.

Island, rising 200m above Larsen Ice Shelf near the ice front until 1995 when the ice shelf was collapsing. The island lies off the Nordenskjöld Coast about 20 km N of Robertsoninsel and Christensenvulkan and 70 km ENE of Cape Fairweather, Robbeninseln, Weddell Sea. Discovered during expedition 1893/94 (vessels 'Jason' and 'Hertha') under the Norwegian Captain Carl Anton Larsen, financed by the Hamburg Company Woltereck & Robertson.