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)
Alejandro I, isla (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Alejandro I, isla (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island (5)
This name originates from Argentina. It is part of the Nomenclador Antártico Argentino and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Al S de bahía Margarita, al W de la península Antártica. Descubierta por la RAE en 1821 y bautizada por el Almirante Bellingshausen en honor a su monarca el Zar Alejandro I. Figuró por primera vez en la carta 65 de 1940 y posteriormente en TSAA1. SHN, carta H-7.
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