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Andersen Island is an island 7 kilometres (4 nmi) west of Thorgaut Island, and 4 kilometres (2 nmi) east of Child Rocks, in the Robinson Group, Antarctica. It was mapped by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Douglas Mawson in February 1931. The island was also charted from the whaler Thorgaut about the same time. It was named after Captain Lars Andersen of the whaler Falk who had assisted the Discovery with coal.[1][2]

Andersen Island

Andersen Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°26′S 63°22′E
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Important Bird Area

A 111 ha site encompassing breeding colonies of some 13,000 pairs of Adélie penguins on Andersen Island and an unnamed island 1 km to the south-west has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International.[3]

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

External links

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Andersen Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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[de] Andersen Island

Andersen Island (früher auch Lars Andersen Island) ist eine Insel vor der Küste des ostantarktischen Mac-Robertson-Lands. Sie liegt 6 km westlich von Thorgaut Island im westlichen Abschnitt der Robinson-Gruppe.

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