Drygalski Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Drygalski Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island (5)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A domed, ice-capped island that is 11 mi long and rises to 325m, lying 45 mi NNE of Cape Filchner. Viewed from the continental coast in November 1912 by members of the Western Base Party of the AAE, and observed more closely from the Aurora on the homeward bound journey in January 1914. Thought to be ¿Drygalskis High Land" charted by Prof. Erich von Drygalski of the GerAE in 1902, his name was given to the island.
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