Name details

Soldat Island

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 131863

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

An elongated rocky island, 2.5 mi long, lying S of Partizan Island in the S part of the entrance to Langnes Fjord, Vestfold Hills. This feature was photographed by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37), but was plotted on the subsequent maps as a peninsula. It was first shown to be an island by John Roscoe's 1952 study of aerial photographs of the area taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The area was photographed by ANARE (1954-58) and the SovAE (1956), the latter applying the name Ostrov Soldat (soldier island).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 31' 00.0" S
-68.51667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 11' 00.0" E
78.18333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Nathan Saunders 2009
Catalogue id
IA21994
Caption
Soldat Island, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 3000 feet. Looking West.
Photographer
Saunders, Nathan

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-1970

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