Anchorage Island, Antarctica

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Anchorage Iceland is about 1 km long and 500 m wide, uninhabited island in the Antarctic, about 2 km northwest of the Davis station. It belongs to the field of Vestfoldberge in the Australian Antarctic Territory.

The island was first mapped by Norwegian cartographers basis of aerial photographs of the expedition by Lars Christensen ( 1936-1937 ). The name derives from the ships that used the island in the supply of Davis station as anchorage.

In Anchorage Iceland there are three highly visible memorial crosses for the Davis station who died in the region participants of the Australian Antarctic Expedition. The island is thereby distinguished from other similarly sized and shaped islands in the region significantly and thus serves as the landmark navigation point.

  • Uninhabited Island
  • Island ( Antarctica )
  • Island ( Southern Ocean)
Davis-Station Vestfold Hills Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
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