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The Tryne Islands are a group of numerous small Antarctic islands and rocks, about in extent, forming the western limit of Tryne Bay and Tryne Sound at the north-eastern end of the Vestfold Hills. The islands were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37) and named Trynøyane ("snout islands"). Historic site Mikkelsen Cairn: A rock cairn and a wooden mast were erected on 20 February 1935 by a landing party led by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen of the Norwegian whaling ship ''Thorshavn''. A member of the party was Mikkelsen's wife Caroline, the first woman to set foot on East Antarctica. The cairn was discovered by Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition field parties in 1957, 1977 and again in 1995. The site has been designated a Historic Site or Monument (HSM 72), following a proposal by Australia and Norway to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting. Important Bird Area A 40 ha site, comprisin ...
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Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis Adeliae), Walking
Adelie or Adélie may refer to: * Adélie Land, a claimed territory on the continent of Antarctica * Adelie Land meteorite, a meteorite discovered on December 5, 1912, in Antarctica by Francis Howard Bickerton * Adélie penguin, a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent * Adélie Valley Adélie Valley (), also variously known as Adilie Valley, Dumont d'Urville Trough or Adélie Trough, is a drowned fjord (undersea valley) on the continental margin of East Antarctica. Named in association with this long named portion of Wilkes Land ...
, a drowned fjord on the continental margin of East Antarctica {{disambiguation ...
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Historic Sites And Monuments In Antarctica
A Historic Site or Monument (HSM) is a protected location of historic interest on the continent of Antarctica, or on its adjacent islands. The list of historic sites was first drawn up in 1972,Recommendation ATCM VII-9
(Wellington, 1972)
and has since expanded to cover 95 sites, with the most recent listed in 2021. Five sites have been removed from the list for various reasons. Historic Sites and Monuments are protected under the , as one of three classes of


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