Revsnes_Island

Revsnes Island

Revsnes Island

Island in Antarctica


Revsnes Island (69°17′S 39°37′E) is a distinctive forked island with two branches, lying just off Hamnenabben Head in the east part of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Revsnes (fox's nose) because of its shape.

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