Gand Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Gand 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:
in Dallmann Bay, Palmer Archipelago, was roughly charted by BeAE, 30 January 1898, and named Île Gand after the Belgian town Gand (Gent) which subscribed towards the expedition (Lecointe, map, 1899; Gerlache, 1900, p.420). Gand Island (BA chart 1238, viii.1900; APC, 1955, p.10; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). Grand [sic] Island (Cook, 1900, p.148). Île de Gand (Lecointe, 1905, p.69). Gand Ö (HA chart, 1928). Isla Gand (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.382; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.134). The island was photographed from the air by USN, 1968-69.
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