Låvebrua Island is an island, 95 metres (310 ft) high, lying 1.3 kilometres (0.7 nmi) east of South Point, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica. It was charted by a British expedition under Henry Foster, 1828–31. The name was given by Norwegian whalers operating from Deception Island, and was in use as early as 1927; it is descriptive, meaning literally "threshing floor bridge" or "barn bridge", and was a slang word for the inclined plane of the whaling factories' slipway.[1][2]

Låvebrua Island
Låvebrua ISland (right) and Deception Island (left)
Låvebrua Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Låvebrua Island
Låvebrua Island
Location of Låvebrua Island
Låvebrua Island is located in Antarctica
Låvebrua Island
Låvebrua Island
Låvebrua Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°01′20″S 60°34′40″W / 63.02222°S 60.57778°W / -63.02222; -60.57778
Highest elevation95 m (312 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

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References

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  1. ^ "Låvebrua Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. ^ Guren, Reidar (1935). Hvalfangsten i Sør-Ishavet [Whaling in the Southern Ocean] (in Norwegian). Oslo: J.W. Cappelens Forlag. p. 10.

  This article incorporates public domain material from "Låvebrua Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.