Stein Islands
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Stein Islands is a two rock islands in the east part of Publications Ice Shelf
, about 8 nautical miles (15 km) southeast of the Sostrene Islands
. Mapped from air photos by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936) and named Steinane (the stones).
Publications Ice Shelf
Publications Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 35 nautical miles long on the south shore of Prydz Bay, between Mount Caroline Mikkelsen and Stornes Peninsula. Several glaciers, listed from southwest to northeast, nourish the ice shelf: Polar Times Glacier, Il Polo Glacier, Polarforschung Glacier,...
, about 8 nautical miles (15 km) southeast of the Sostrene Islands
Sostrene Islands
Sostrene Islands is a group of small islands and rocks that rise above the northern part of Publications Ice Shelf at the head of Prydz Bay. Discovered and charted in February 1935 by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen in the Norwegian whaling ship Thorshavn sent out by Lars Christensen. They gave the name...
. Mapped from air photos by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936) and named Steinane (the stones).