Name details

Matthews Island

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110047

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

one of the Robertson Islands (q.v.) separated from the SE point of Coronation Island by The Divide (q.v.), was formerly charted as part of Coronation Island (BA chart 1775, 1956); surveyed by FIDS from Signy in January 1957, when its insularity was established; named after Dr Drummond Hoyle Matthews (1931-1997), FIDS geologist, Signy, 1956-57; Reader in Marine Geology, Cambridge University, from 1971 (APC, 1959a, p.9; BA chart 1775, 13.x.1967). Mathews [sic] Island (DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 45' 00.0" S
-60.75000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
45° 09' 00.0" W
-45.15000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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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:
7-Jul-1959

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