Thala Island () is the southern of two small, rocky islands lying just off the northwest edge of Davis Ice Piedmont, along the north coast of

Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...

. Named by ANARE (

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 ...

) after , one of two expedition ships used by ANARE in 1962 to explore this area. The ship Thala Dan is in turn named after the mother-in-law of Knud Hansen, an employee at

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...

J. Lauritzen A/S in the 1950s. She was the first Danish woman to be named Thala, as the name was previously spelled Tale. The name Thala (Tale) is a Scandinavian version of the German name Adelheid or Sankta Adelheid.

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