Louise Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Louise Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
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:
between Cape Anna and Emma Island, Wilhelmina Bay, Danco Coast, was roughly charted by BeAE, 29-30 January 1898, and named IÎle Louise after Louise de Gerlache de Gomery, sister of the Commander of BeAE (Lecointe, map, 1899). IÎlot Louise (Gerlache, 1900b, p.469; 1902b, p.121). Louise Island (Cook, 1900, map p.xx; APC, 1959a, p.8; BA chart 3566, 16.x.1959). Emma Island, in error (Lester's amendments to Johannessen, chart, [1919-20]). Isla Louise (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.189). Isla Luisa (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.332; Pierrou, 1970, p.492). The island was recharted by FIDS from Norsel in April 1955 and photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Louise Islet (APC, 1958, p.5; USHO, 1963, p.147).
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