Name details

Jensen Island

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 812

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

A small rocky island off the coast of Kemp Land, about 4.5 km north-west of Cape Boothby. The island was visited in February, 1975, by men from the ANARE expedition ship MV Nella Dan and an astrofix position obtained. Named after the Master of the MV Nella Dan on many occasions, Captain John Brench Jensen.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

66° 32' 17.9" S

-66.53830°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

57° 16' 01.2" E

57.26700°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

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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:

27-Aug-1975

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