Name details
Magnetic Island
Magnetic Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Magnetic 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:
- Magnetic Island (Russia)
- Magnetic Island (United States of America)
Narrative
A small island situated in the north-east part of Prydz Bay about 5 km from the coast of Vestfold Hills and about 5 km north-west of Davis. Charted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Visited by an ANARE party led by Phillip Law on 3 March, 1954. Named because magnetic observations taken by J. Brooks showed the declination to be anomalous.
Named For
Location
Images
©Nathan Saunders 2009
- Catalogue id
- IA21943
- Caption
- Magnetic Island, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2500 feet. Looking North.
- Photographer
- Saunders, Nathan
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