Dålk Island

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Dålk Island
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Dålk Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 69°23′S76°30′E / 69.383°S 76.500°E / -69.383; 76.500 Coordinates: 69°23′S76°30′E / 69.383°S 76.500°E / -69.383; 76.500
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Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Dålk Island is a small coastal island lying at the terminus of Dålk Glacier, in the southeast part of Prydz Bay. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37) and named Dålkoy.

Dålk Glacier glacier in Antarctica

Dålk Glacier is a glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, draining into the southeast part of Prydz Bay between the Larsemann Hills and Steinnes. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37), and named by John H. Roscoe in his 1952 study of features in the area as identified in air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47). It was named after Dålk Island lying at the terminus of the glacier.

Prydz Bay bay

Prydz Bay is a deep embayment of Antarctica between the Lars Christensen Coast and Ingrid Christensen Coast. The Bay is at the downstream end of a giant glacial drainage systems that originates in the East Antarctic interior. The Lambert Glacier flows from Lambert Graben into the Amery Ice Shelf on the south-west side of Prydz Bay. Other major glaciers drain into the southern end of the Amery Ice Shelf at 73° S where the marine part of the system starts at the modern grounding zone.

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The Larsemann Hills are a series of low rounded coastal hills along the southeastern shore of Prydz Bay, Antarctica extending for 9 nautical miles (17 km) from Dålk Glacier. They were discovered in February 1935 by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen from the whaling ship Thorshavn, sent out by Norwegian whaling magnate Lars Christensen, and given this name.

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