Flatvaer Islands
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The Flatvaer Islands is a group of small islands, of which Ongul Island
is the largest, lying at the east side of the entrance of Lützow-Holm Bay
, 4 km from coastline. Mapped by Norwegian
cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Flatvær (flat islands).
Ongul Island
Ongul Island is an island 1.5 miles long, which is the largest feature in the Flatvaer Islands lying just within the east side of the entrance of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37...
is the largest, lying at the east side of the entrance of Lützow-Holm Bay
Lutzow-Holm Bay
Lutzow-Holm Bay is a large bay in Antarctica, about 120 miles wide, indenting the coast of Queen Maud Land between Riiser-Larsen Peninsula and the coastal angle immediately east of the Flatvaer Islands. It was discovered by Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in two airplane flights from his expedition...
, 4 km from coastline. Mapped by Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Flatvær (flat islands).