The island group was discovered in the 1870s and first accurately mapped by Kapitän Rüdiger in 1898.

History

Kong Karls Land was first sighted in 1872, and was visited by multiple Norwegian captains. The first scientific expedition to the island group was by the Bremen Geographical Society in 1889. Kapitän Rüdiger, captain of the Helgoland, produced the first accurate map of Kong Karls Land in 1898. A.G. Nathorst, a member of a Swedish expedition in 1898, also mapped the area, but left the coast of Abel Island

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