Name details

Bedford Island

Bedford Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bedford Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107727

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

one of the Barcroft Islands, Biscoe Islands, was surveyed by FIDS from "Detaille Island", 1956-59, and photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of cold-climate physiology grouped in this area, named after Thomas George Bedford (b.1875), English physicist, specializing in the measurement of the physical environment of man (APC, 1960, p.3; BA, 1961, p.191; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/10, 1-DOS 1979). Isla Bedford (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 6).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 28' 00.0" S
-66.46667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
67° 10' 00.0" W
-67.16667°
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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:
23-Sep-1960

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