Larsemann Hills
The Larsemann Hills are low, rounded coastal hills on the southeast side of Prydz Bay, Antarctica. They are about 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, starting from Dålk Glacier.
They were found in February 1935 by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen from the whaling ship Thorshavn. The ship was sent by Norwegian whaling owner Lars Christensen, and the hills were named after him.[1]
The bedrock of the Larsemann Hills has a lot of boron and phosphate minerals. Scientists also found four new kinds of mineral there. In 2014, the Stornes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills became an Antarctic Specially Protected Area because of its rare minerals.[2]
Research stations
[change | change source]Because it is an Antarctic oasis, the Larsemann Hills have several research stations:
- The abandoned first Russian Progress Station
- The newer Russian Progress II Station
- The Chinese Zhongshan Station
- The Romanian Law-Racoviță-Negoiță Station, first given by Australia
- The Indian Bharati Station
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Larsemann Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ↑ Carson, Christopher; Grew, Edward. "Protecting the mineral treasures of Antarctica's Larsemann Hills". Earth. American Geosciences Institute. Retrieved 17 June 2017.