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Béchervaise Island

Coordinates: 67°35′S 62°49′E / 67.583°S 62.817°E / -67.583; 62.817
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Béchervaise Island
Béchervaise Island is located in Antarctica
Béchervaise Island
Béchervaise Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates67°35′S 62°49′E / 67.583°S 62.817°E / -67.583; 62.817
ArchipelagoFlat Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Béchervaise Island is the largest of the Flat Islands, located just west of Stinear Island in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. It is one of several plotted as a part of "Flatøy" ("Flat Island") by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the 1936–37 Lars Christensen Expedition, but was found to be a separate island by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1954 and named for John Béchervaise, officer in charge at Mawson Station in 1955 and 1959.

67°35′S 62°49′E / 67.583°S 62.817°E / -67.583; 62.817

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Béchervaise Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.