Apollo Island is a small ice-covered island about east-northeast of
Blåskimen Island in the northwest part of the
Fimbul Ice Shelf
The Fimbul Ice Shelf is an Antarctic ice shelf about long and wide, nourished by Jutulstraumen Glacier, bordering the coast of Queen Maud Land from 3°W to 3°E. It was photographed from the air by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938 ...
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Queen Maud Land. The island is east-northeast of the site of the first three
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
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SANAE
SANAE is the South African National Antarctic Expedition. The name refers both to the overwintering bases (numbered in Roman numerals, e.g. SANAE IV), and the team spending the winter (numbered in Arabic numerals, e.g. SANAE 47). The current b ...
stations. The name Apollo appears to be first used on a South African map of 1969.
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See also
* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands
References
Islands of Queen Maud Land
Princess Martha Coast
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