Name details

Cronenwett Island

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140069

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A high, ice-covered island about 40km long northwest to southeast. It lies between Vollmer Island and Steventon Island in the Marshall Archipelago, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land.

Named For

The feature was first observed and roughly delineated from aerial photographs taken by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander W.R. Cronenwett, U.S. Navy (USN), Photographic Officer for Deep Freeze II, 1956-57, and Public Information Officer for Task Group 43.1 during Deep Freeze 1962.

Location

Latitude:
77° 00' 00.0" S
-77.00000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
150° 00' 00.0" W
-150.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
432 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 18_23 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at top of island

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-Dec-2019

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