Name details

Hovde Islands

Hovde Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hovde Islands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1125

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Two small islands 5km north west of Hovde Island, located in southern Prydz Bay.

Named For

Translated from Norwegian the name means "The round rock islands". hovd = rounded rock / rounded top of rock. Original spelling was Hovdöyane with the modern spelling being Hovdøyane. Feature first mapped by the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936-37 with the name shown on Hansen Chart - Atlas of Parts of the Antarctic Coastal Lands / Ingrid Christensen Coast / Sheet 10 published in 1946. SCAR Map Catalogue map number 12811. Australia adopted the name Hovdøyane in 2011, which was changed to Hovd Islands in 2021.

Location

Latitude:
69° 13' 56.6" S
-69.23239°
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Longitude:
76° 52' 40.4" E
76.87789°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
18-May-1971

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