Name details

Heckmann Island

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 854

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:

Narrative

The largest island in the eastern part of the Thorfinn Islands, about 11 km north of Byrd Head, Mac.Robertson Land. These islands were probably seen by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson. The group of islands was plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Thorfinnoyane (The Thorfinn Islands). This island was first visited by I.R. McLeod ANARE geologist on 8 January, 1965.

Named For

Named after B. Heckmann, chief officer on the MV Nella Dan in 1965.

Location

Latitude:
67° 20' 26.5" S
-67.34070°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
61° 03' 47.5" E
61.06320°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
29-Jul-1965

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