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Sputnik Islands is a pair of ice-covered islands, one much larger than the other, located between Capes Cheetham and Williams in the entrance to Ob' Bay. The islands were photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. Surveyed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958, and named after the first Soviet artificial earth satellite ("Sputnik").

See also

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

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

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[de] Sputnik-Inseln

Die Sputnik-Inseln (russisch Острова Спутники .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Ostrowa Sputniki) sind zwei vereiste und deutlich unterschiedlich große Inseln vor der Pennell-Küste des ostantarktischen Viktorialands. Sie liegen zwischen Kap Cheetham und Kap Williams in der Einfahrt zur Ob’ Bay. Die größere nordöstliche Insel misst 30,3 km², die kleinere südwestliche 1,3 km². Die größere Insel erreicht eine Höhe von 330 m.

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- [en] Sputnik Islands

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