Name details

Collyer Island

Collyer Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Collyer Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1063

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

One of the Balaena Islands, off the Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, about 1.4 km west of Thompson Island. The Balaena Islands were delineated from air photographs taken on 2 February 1947 by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The islands were probably sketched during an ice reconnaissance flight from the Factory Ship Balaena ten days after the Highjump photography and thought to be peaks. Named after Sub-Lieutenant Geoffrey Collyer (RNVR), aircraft pilot on the Balaena.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 59' 00.0" S
-65.98331°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
109° 57' 00.0" E
109.95000°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Accurate to 5m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Windmill Islands 1:50000 GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Wind50K
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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