Novyy Island
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Novyy Island is the larger and southern island
of two similar ice covered features that serve to delimit the Jelbart
and Fimbul Ice Shelves
, on the coast of Queen Maud Land
. The summit of this feature rises about 250 m above the surrounding ice shelf
. The island was partly delineated by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
, 1956-60. It was mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
in 1961 and named "Kupol Novyy" (new dome).
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
of two similar ice covered features that serve to delimit the Jelbart
Jelbart Ice Shelf
Jelbart Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 40 miles wide, fronting on the coast of Queen Maud Land northward of Giaever Ridge. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition and named for John E. Jelbart, an Australian...
and Fimbul Ice Shelves
Fimbul Ice Shelf
Fimbul Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 120 miles long and 60 miles wide, nourished by Jutulstraumen Glacier, bordering the coast of Queen Maud Land from 3° W to 3° E...
, on the coast of Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
. The summit of this feature rises about 250 m above the surrounding ice shelf
Ice shelf
An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are only found in Antarctica, Greenland and Canada. The boundary between the floating ice shelf and the grounded ice that feeds it is called...
. The island was partly delineated by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud Land, intended as part of Norway's participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58. The crew set sail from Oslo on board two whaling ships, the Polarsirkel and Polarbjørn, on November 10, 1956. They...
, 1956-60. It was mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR....
in 1961 and named "Kupol Novyy" (new dome).