Name details

Aitcho Islands

Aitcho Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Aitcho Islands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107469

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

between Table Island and Dee Island, English Strait, South Shetland Islands, were charted and named by DI in 1935 after the Admiralty Hydrographic Office [HO] (BA chart 1774, 9.vii.1948; APC, 1955, p.4; BA chart 1774, 19.vii.1968). Other features in this vicinity were named after members of the Hydrographic Office staff. Rocas Channel, in error (Channel Rock, q.v.) (Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948). The islands were recharted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Protector in 1967. Islotes Turner (Isla Turner, q.v.) (Argentina. MM chart H-711, 1969). Islas Aitcho (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 1)

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 22' 51.7" S
-62.38103°
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Longitude:
59° 46' 35.1" W
-59.77642°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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