Feature Name (see definition): Blåskimen Island

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1519

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 70° 25' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 003° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -70.4166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -3

Elevation (see definition): 300

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1970

Description (see definition): A high, ice covered island about 8 mi N of Novyy Island, at the juncture of the Jelbart and Fimbul Ice Shelves, Queen Maud Land. The island rises about 300 m above the general level of the ice shelf and is surrounded by this ice, except for the N side which borders the sea. The feature was roughly delineated by Norwegian cartographers working with air photos taken by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) in 1951-52 and Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (NorAE) in 1958-59. They called the island Blaskimen and included the area now called Novyy Island. The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SovAE) mapped the feature in 1961 and showed it to be separated from Novyy Island.

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