Name details
Hop Island
Hop Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Hop Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
Origin
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
- Hop Island (United States of America)
- Hopøy (Russia)
Narrative
A rocky island about 1 km south-west of Filla Island in the Rauer Group. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Hopøy.
Named For
Location
Images
©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1998
- Catalogue id
- IA28308
- Caption
- Aerial photo of Hop Island taken using a Zeiss UMK 1318 aerial camera.
- Photographer
- Brolsma, Henk
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