Canopus Island

Canopus Island

Canopus Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	67°32′S 62°59′E / 67.533°S 62.983°E / -67.533; 62.983Coordinates: 67°32′S 62°59′E / 67.533°S 62.983°E / -67.533; 62.983
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Canopus Island is the southern of the two largest islands of the Canopus Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land, with the Canopus Rocks lying about 1 nautical mile northwest of the islands. The two islands were mapped as one by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Spjotöy. The island was included in a triangulation survey by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1959, and named after the star Canopus.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

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