Name details

Bishop and Clerk Islets

Bishop and Clerk Islets (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bishop and Clerk Islets  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 972

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

An off-lying group of rocks about 30 km from the south end of Macquarie Island.

Named For

They were first reported by Captain Owen F Smith of the brig Aurora (Sydney Gazette 5 January 1811). Captain Smiths choice of name was no doubt influenced by the fact that a somewhat similar group of islands to the north of the Island had already been named Judge and Clerk. Tas Nomenclature Board Regn 7277R / DECN 4909 Named probably because of the islands profiles.

Location

Latitude:
55° 06' 47.9" S
-55.11331°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
158° 41' 19.3" E
158.68869°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Ledingham, Roderick 1993
Catalogue id
10137D4
Caption
Bishop and Clerk Islands
Photographer
Ledingham, Roderick B (Rod)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
NASA AIRSAR DEM Metadata record - [macca_dem_gis] Macquarie Island Topopoly GIS Dataset. [macca_topopoly_gis]

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
11-Aug-1955

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