Nøst Island

Nøst Island

Nøst Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°37′S 62°41′E / 67.617°S 62.683°E / -67.617; 62.683Coordinates: 67°37′S 62°41′E / 67.617°S 62.683°E / -67.617; 62.683
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Nøst Island is an island less than 0.9 kilometres (0.5 nmi) long, 3.7 kilometres (2 nmi) west-southwest of Evans Island in the south part of Holme Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and called by them Nøstet (the boatshed).

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Nøst Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).