Galten Islands
Small group of islands in Antarctica
66°23′S 56°25′E / 66.383°S 56.417°E / -66.383; 56.417The 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]
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- ^ "Galten Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Galten Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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