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Larsøya, sometimes
Larsøya, sometimes anglicized
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as Lars Island, is a rocky island, less than long, which lies just off the southwestern extremity of the island of Bouvetøya in the South Atlantic Ocean
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. It was first roughly charted in 1898 by a German expedition under Carl Chun. The Norwegian expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt made a landing on the island from the ship ''Norvegia'' in December 1927, and named it after Lars Christensen
Lars Christensen (6 April 1884 – 10 December 1965) was a Norway, Norwegian shipowner and whaling magnate. He was also a philanthropist with a keen interest in the exploration of Antarctica.
Career
Lars Christensen was born at Sandar, Norway, S ...
, sponsor of the expedition.
See also
*List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands.
* Antarctic islands are, in the strict sense, the islands around mainland Antarctica, situated on the Antarctic Plate, and south of the Antarctic Convergence. According to the terms of the A ...
References
Landforms of Bouvet Island {{BouvetIsland-geo-stub