Name details

Butler Island

Butler Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Butler Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108031

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

properly an ice rise in Larsen Ice Shelf, E of Schott Inlet, Black Coast, was photographed from the air by USAS in December 1940 and by RARE on 20 November 1947, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island", 1947-48; named after Major Kenelm Somerset Pierce-Butler, RCS (b. 1917), FIDS radio operator, "Stonington Island", 1945-47; Commander of FIDS, 1947-48, and Secretary, FIDS, 1948-51; Magistrate, South Georgia, 1951-54 ([in 72 13'S 60 08'W] BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.6; DCS 601 sheet 72 60, 1956; [co-ordinates corrected] APC, 1977, p. 7; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). Île Butler (France. SHM chart 5879, 1956). Isla Butler (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1957; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.60; Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 9). Ostrov Batler [sic] (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The island was further photographed from the air by USN in 1966.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 12' 00.0" S
-72.20000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
60° 20' 00.0" W
-60.33333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Jan-1953

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