Hovgaard Island (Antarctica)
Island in Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica
Hovgaard Island (65°8′S 64°8′W) is an island 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) long, lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) southwest of Booth Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica.
Location
Hovgaard Island is off the Graham Coast of the northwest side of the Antarctic Peninsula.
It is in the Wilhelm Archipelago.
It is southwest of Booth Island, northwest of Mount Shackleton on the mainland, northeast of the French Passage and east of the Vedel Islands.
It is off the northwest coast of the Kyiv Peninsula.
Hovgaard Island is a popular location for camping in Antarctica among expedition groups due to the presence of a relatively flat campsite along Penola Strait. Campers dig "snow graves" to sleep in. The holes offer protection from the wind.
Discovery and name
Hovgaard Island was discovered and named Krogmann Island by the German 1873–74 expedition under Eduard Dallmann, but the name Hovgaard applied by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE), 1897–99, under Adrien de Gerlache, has overtaken the original name in usage.
Andreas Peter Hovgaard was a polar explorer and officer of the Danish Navy.
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