Name details

Vågøy

Vågøy (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Vågøy  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 137375

Feature type: Island

Origin

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

Narrative

Translated from Norwegian the name means "The inlet island". våg = inlet. Original spelling was Vågöy with the modern spelling being Vågøy. 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. Name adopted by Australia in 2011.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 26' 02.1" S
-69.43392°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
75° 43' 07.8" E
75.71883°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Australian Antarctic Territory Coastline 2003
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( AAT_Coastline_2003 - Australian Antarctic Territory Coastline 2003 )
Source Scale:
1:10000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia - National Mapping
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
13-Dec-2011

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