Name details

Herthainsel

Herthainsel (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Herthainsel  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Germany Gazetteer Id 106919

Feature type: Island (2b)

Origin

This name originates from Germany. It is part of the Germany Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An island 2 km NW of Castorinsel, located in the Robbeninseln (English name Seal Nunataks), off the E coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered during expedition 1893/94 (vessels 'Jason' and 'Hertha') under the Norwegian Captain Carl Anton Larsen, financed by the Hamburg Company Woltereck & Robertson. First seen and mapped as an island in December 1893 by Captain C.A. Larsen, who named it after the Hertha, a ship which combined sealing and exploring activities along the W coast of Antarctic Peninsula under Captain C.J. Evensen in 1893/94. It was determined to be a nunatak by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjöld during a sledge journey in 1902.

Named For

The island is named by J. Petersen after the Norwegian sealing and expedition vessel 'Hertha'.

Location

Latitude:
65° 09' 00.0" S
-65.15000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
59° 59' 00.0" W
-59.98333°
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Altitude:
150 m
Unknown precision

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Published by Petersen, J. (1895): Die Reisen des 'Jason' und der 'Hertha' in das Antarktische Meer 1893/94 ..., Mitteilungen der Geographischen Gesellschaft (publications of the geographical society) Hamburg, 245-298; - Correction of initially reported partly uncertain or raw positions by comparison with various more recent CGA entries - factually checked and approved by StAGN (German PCGN) on 1985-MAR-05; finally approved by German National Committee of SCAR.

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-Apr-1985

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