Name details

Frazier Islands

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 125376

Feature type: Island (5)

Origin

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:

Narrative

A group of four rocky islands in the eastern part of Vincennes Bay, 8 mi WNW of Clark Peninsula. The islands were first photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Paul W. Frazier, USN, navigator and projects officer with USN Operation Windmill which visited this area in January 1948, who later served as operations officer with USN OpDFrz I at Little America V.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 13' 00.0" S
-66.21667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
110° 10' 00.0" E
110.16667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images


©David Smith 2005
Catalogue id
IA16629
Caption
Frazier Islands from the west
Photographer
Smith, David

Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1957

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