Name details

Rosenthalinseln

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

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

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Germany Gazetteer Id 107069

Feature type: Island (5)

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

Islands at the W coast of Anvers Island, 15 km SW of Hamburghafen and 15 km NE of Cape Monaco and Gosslerinsel, Palmer Archipelago, W side of the Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1873/74 under Captain Eduard Dallmann (1830-1896).

Named For

Albert Rosenthal (1828-1882), initiator and organizer of the expedition.

Location

Latitude:
64° 36' 00.0" S
-64.60000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
64° 17' 00.0" W
-64.28333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

First published by Petermann, A.(1875): Deutsche Entdeckungen am Südpol, Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen 21: p 312; - Publication with accompanying maps by Petersen, J. (1895): Die Reisen des 'Jason' und der 'Hertha' in das Antarkische Meer 1893/94 und die wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse dieser Reisen, mit einer Karte von L. Friedrichsen, in: Mitt. der Geographischen Gesellschaft 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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