Name details

Bølingen Islands

Bølingen Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bølingen Islands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1056

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

A group of small islands lying about 9 km WSW of the Larsemann Hills off the Ingrid Christensen Coast. Discovered and charted by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen in February, 1935.Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photography taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37), and called Bölingen (The Bunch or The Herd). Bøling in Norwegian translates as livestock or cattle. See Hansen charts (map number 12811)for extent of island group. Coordinates are for the approximate centre of the island group.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 28' 52.0" S
-69.48111°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
75° 44' 52.0" E
75.74778°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Australian Antarctic Territory Coastline 2003
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( AAT_Coastline_2003 - Australian Antarctic Territory Coastline 2003 )
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
20-Jul-1957

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