Béchervaise Island

Béchervaise Island is the largest of the Flat Islands 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 Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, 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.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

References

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