Fredriksen Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Fredriksen 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:
SE of Powell Island, was roughly charted by Powell and Palmer in December 1821; recharted by Sørlle, 1912-13, and named Fredriksens Ø or Fredriksens Øya (Sørlle, chart, 1912; Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913). Fredriksen's Island (BA, 1916, p.412). Dibden-Insel (Powell Island, q.v.) (Kühn, 1920, p.261). Isla Fredriksen (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.376). Fredriksen Öya (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). Fredriksen Island, following survey by DI in 1933 (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.10). Frederiksen [sic] Island (France. SHM, 1937, p.388; Ommaney, 1938, p.112). Coffer Island (q.v.), in error (USAAF chart 1738, 1943). Frederiksen (France. SHM, 1937, p. 388). Fredriksens Island, as rejected form (USBGN, 1947, p.168). Isla Coffer, in error (Argentina. IGM map 3738, 1958). Fredricksen [sic] Island (FID, 1959, p.67). In 1967 the island was designated as part of SPA No. 15 under the Antarctic Treaty (FO, 1967, p.9).
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