Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Colbeck Archipelago (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Colbeck Archipelago (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Archipelago
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:
Numerous rocky islands near Byrd Head, Mac.Robertson Land.
Discovered on 18 February 1931, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after W R Colbeck, second officer of the expedition ship, Discovery.
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