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Kroshka Island

Coordinates: 70°40′S 2°5′E / 70.667°S 2.083°E / -70.667; 2.083
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Kroshka Island
Map
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates70°40′S 2°5′E / 70.667°S 2.083°E / -70.667; 2.083
Administration
None
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Kroshka Island is the smaller of two ice-covered islands lying close together in the Fimbul Ice Shelf, along the coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. The feature was first mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961 and named "Kupol Kroshka", which means, which means "crumb dome" in Russian.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kroshka Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-05-20.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Kroshka Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.