Cleft Island is a small island to the north of the

Bølingen Islands The Bølingen Islands are a group of small islands, in extent, lying immediately off the north side of the Publications Ice Shelf Publications Ice Shelf is an Antarctic ice shelf about 35 nautical miles (60 km) long on the south shore o ...

, lying southeast of

Lichen Island Lichen Island is a small island lying north of the Bølingen Islands and north-west of Cleft Island in southern Prydz Bay, Antarctica. It was first visited by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions party led by Phillip Law, on ...

in southern

Prydz Bay Prydz Bay is a deep embayment of Antarctica between the Lars Christensen Coast and Ingrid Christensen Coast. The Bay is at the downstream end of a giant glacial drainage system that originates in the East Antarctic interior. The Lambert Glacie ...

. The island is split by a deep channel about wide. The island was plotted from air photos taken by the

Lars Christensen Expedition Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was borne ...

, 1936–37, and called Lorten by Norwegian cartographers. The feature was visited by an

Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program (AAp) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). History Australia has had a long involv ...

party from the ''

Nella Dan MV ''Nella Dan'' was one of the famous 'Dan' ships of the Danish J. Lauritzen A/S Lines that were almost synonymous with ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) shipping through the early years of Australia's official Antarct ...

'' in February 1966 and renamed with reference to the deep channel.

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