West Budd Island

West Budd Island

West Budd Island (coord|67|35|S|62|50|E|) is the western of two larger islands at the north end of the Flat Islands in Holme Bay, Mac Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. They named the northern islands Flatoynalane (the flat island needles). This western island was named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Dr. G.M. Budd, medical officer at nearby Mawson Station in 1959.

See also

* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands


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