Aspland Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Aspland 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:
rising to 735m, 40km SW of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, was roughly charted by Bransfield in February-March 1820 (O'Briens Islands, q.v.) (Bransfield, chart, [1820b]); named Aspland's Island by Powell in December 1821, probably after Robert Aspland (1772-1845), English Unitarian divine (Powell, 1822b, p.11; chart, 1822a). Cap Aspland (Eyriès and Malte-Brun, 1823, map facing p.237). Île Aspland (Powell, 1824b, p.109). Île Aspland's (Powell, 1824a, map facing p. 5). Aspland Island (BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; APC, 1955, p.4; DOS 610 sheet W 61 54 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972). Aspland Insel (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Isola Asplands (Gerlache, 1902a, end map). Asplands Insel (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol. 2, second end map). Asplands Ön (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904a, Del. 2, end map). Isla Aspland (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904-05, Tomo 2, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.173; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.33). Asplands Island (AGS, 1905, map facing p.702). Aspland Ö (HA chart, 1928). Aspland-Öen (Aagaard, 1930, end map). Apland [sic] Island (France. SHM, 1937, p.392). The island was recharted by DI in January-February 1937 (Hill, 1937). Asplant(')s [sic] Island (Hobbs, 1939a, p.24, 42). Obriens Island, as rejected name (USBGN, 1947, p.132). Ostrov Aspland (Aleyner, 1955, p.85). The island was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Aspland Eiland (Knapp, 1958, p.568). Ostrov Asplend (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Aspland (Araya and Hervé, 1966, p.9). The island was visited by JSEEIG in January 1977 (Furse, 1979, p.76-80).
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