Name details

Boobyalla Islands

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1057

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

Two islands off the coast of Enderby Land, about 5 km north-east of Kirkby Head. Plotted from ANARE aerial photographs taken in 1956. Named after the Australian native willow (Acacia longifolia, Willd).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 15' 10.1" S
-67.25281°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
46° 32' 21.5" E
46.53931°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E129_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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