Ewing Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Ewing 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:
properly an ice rise of c. 300m elevation at Larsen Ice Front, Wilkins Coast, was probably seen from the ground by USAS in 1940, for an irregularly shaped island was shown in c. 70°10'S 61°55'W on USHO chart 5411, 1946; photographed from the air and roughly surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE in November 1947 and named after Maurice Ewing (1906-74), American geo- physicist who helped to plan the RARE seismological programme; Professor of Geology, Lamont Geological Observatory, Columbia University, NY, 1959-72 (Ronne, 1949, map p.230; BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.9; DCS 601 sheet 69 60, 1955; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). Ewing-Øya (Rønne, 1950b, p.130). Isla Ewing (Argentina. MM chart N-"P"-1, 1952; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.120). Ostrov Yuing (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The feature was photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69.
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