Dismal Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Dismal 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:
one of the Faure Islands (q.v.), Marguerite Bay, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in June-July 1949; named Dismal Islet from its appearance of extreme desolation and lifelessness (APC, 1955, p.8; DCS 601 sheet 68 68, 1951). Dismal Island (APC, 1959a, p.6; BA, 1963, p.16; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/2, 1-DOS 1978).
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