Hansen Island

{{Short description|Island in Antarctica}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Hansen Island Peak | image = | image_caption = | elevation_m = 1160 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 1160 | prominence_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |title=World Ribus – West Antarctica Ranges |url=https://worldribus.org/west-antarctica-ranges/|access-date=2024-12-26 |website=World Ribus}}</ref> | listing = Ribu | range_coordinates = | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = | type = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{About|the Antarctic island|the Arctic Island shared by Denmark and Canada|Hans Island}}

'''Hansen Island''' ({{coord|67|6|S|67|37|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}) is an island {{convert|6|nmi|km}} long and {{convert|3|nmi|km|0}} wide, lying immediately north of [[The Gullet]] at the head of [[Hanusse Bay]], off the west coast of [[Graham Land]], Antarctica. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the [[British Graham Land Expedition]] (BGLE) under [[John Rymill]], who used the provisional name "North Island" for this feature. The island was resurveyed in 1948 by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]], and was renamed in 1954 by the [[UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] for [[Leganger H. Hansen]], manager at Messrs. [[Christian Salvesen]]'s whaling station at [[Leith Harbor]], [[South Georgia Island|South Georgia]], 1916–37, who gave great assistance to the BGLE, 1934–37.<ref name=gnis/>

== See also == * [[List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands]] * [[Neumann Peak]]

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 6335| name = Hansen Island | accessdate = 2012-05-21}}</ref> }}

[[Category:Islands of Graham Land]] [[Category:Loubet Coast]]