Acuña Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Acuña Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
off entrance of Scotia Bay, Laurie Island, was charted by SNAE in 1903 and named Acuña Isle, after Hugo A. Acuña, pioneer Argentine meteorologist with SNAE on Laurie Island, 1903-04 (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]). Delta Island (Bruce, 1903-04, p.40). Delta Islands, including the island SW of the main island (Brown and others, 1906, map facing p.145). Islote Acuña (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.148). The island was further charted by DI in 1933. Acuña Island (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1959a, p.4). Acuña Islet (Brown, 1943, p.61; APC, 1955, p.4). Isla Delta (Dïaz Molano and Homet, [1948], map p.259).
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