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The Terra Nova Islands (68.89°S 157.95°E / -68.89; 157.95) are a pair of small phantom islands. They were thought to lie off Oates Coast, East Antarctica, about 14 nautical miles (26 km) north of Williamson Head in the Somov Sea.


History


The Terra Nova islands were "sighted" from the Magga Dan on 8 March 1961, by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) under Phillip Law. They were named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) after the Terra Nova, which was the lead expedition ship of the 1910–13 British Antarctic Expedition, and from which Royal Navy Lieutenant H.L.L. Pennell discovered and charted coastal points in the vicinity.

In 1989, the German GANOVEX V expedition planned to visit the islands and map them. But when the expedition's geologists arrived at the listed coordinates via helicopter, no sign of the islands could be found in the area. Depth measurements via echo sounding by the research ship Polar Queen showed water depths between 170 and 355 meters at the islands' purported location. Subsequent visits to the area by the GANOVEX VII and GANOVEX VIII expeditions confirmed the nonexistence of the islands.[1]


Terra Nova Canyon


Terra Nova Canyon (69°0′S 159°0′E) is an undersea canyon named in association with the Terra Nova Islands. Name approved 6/88 (ACUF 228).


See also



References


  1. Roland, Norbert W. (2009). Antarktis - Forschung im ewigen Eis (PDF). Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag. pp. 242–244. ISBN 978-3-8274-1875-3.

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


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Les îles Terra Nova sont deux îles fantômes qui avaient été localisées au large des côtes de l'Antarctique, dans la mer de Somov. Elles ont été signalées en 1961 lors d'une expédition polaire, puis recherchées vainement en 1989, avant d'être définitivement considérées comme inexistantes.



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