Name details

Ailsa Craig

Ailsa Craig (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Ailsa Craig  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107466

Feature type: Island

Origin

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:

Narrative

small island rising to 170m off Scotia Bay, Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, was charted by SNAE on 22 September 1903 and named from its resemblance to the island in the Firth of Clyde (Bruce, 1903-04, p.25, 70; Bruce and others, chart, [1903a]; Bruce, 1904, p.62; BA chart 1238, ix.1905; APC, 1955, p.4). The Craig (Bruce, 1903-04, p.81). Ailsa Craig Islet (BA, 1916, p.411). Ailsa Crag [sic] (Brown, 1923a, p.155). Isla Ailsa Craig (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.153). Isla Craig (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.278). Isla Ailsa (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.45). Isla Allsa [sic] Craig (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.54). Isola Ailsa Craig (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 10).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 47' 00.0" S
-60.78333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
44° 36' 00.0" W
-44.60000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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