Oldham Island

Oldham Island

Oldham Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°32′S 61°42′E / 67.533°S 61.700°E / -67.533; 61.700Coordinates: 67°32′S 61°42′E / 67.533°S 61.700°E / -67.533; 61.700
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Oldham Island is an island in the east part of the Stanton Group, off Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Andoya (duck island). Renamed by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Hugh Oldham, biologist and magnetician at Mawson Station in 1955.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Oldham Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).