Blåskimen Island is a high, ice-covered island about north of
Novyy Island, at the juncture of the
Jelbart Ice Shelf
The Jelbart Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about wide, fronting on the coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, northward of Giaever Ridge. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarc ...
and 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 ...
,
Queen Maud Land. The island rises about above the general level of the
ice shelf and is surrounded by this ice, except for the north side which borders the sea. The feature was roughly delineated by Norwegian cartographers working with air photos taken by the
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1951–52 and the
Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in 1958–59. They called the island Blåskimen and included the area now called Novyy Island. The
Soviet Antarctic Expedition mapped the feature in 1961 and showed it to be separated from Novyy Island.
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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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