Name details

British Antarctic Territory

British Antarctic Territory (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

British Antarctic Territory  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107961

Feature type: Territory

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.

Narrative

all islands and territories (c.1710000km 2) between 20°W and 80 W, S of 60 S. Falklands Islands' Dependency, referring to this region only (Mill, 1934, map p.131). The S part of the former Falkland Islands Dependencies (Hattersley-Smith, 1980b, p.5, 38) was named British Antarctic Territory and constituted as a separate colony by Order in Council dated 26 February 1962, following its inclusion in the Antarctic Treaty area in 1961 (Great Britain. Privy Council, 1962; APC, 1962, p.7; DOS 813 British Antarctic Territory sheet, 1963).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
90° 00' 00.0" S
-90.00000°
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Longitude:
0° 00' 00.0" E
0.00000°
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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:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
26-Feb-1962

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