Name details

González Island

González Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

González Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109061

Feature type: Island

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

in entrance of Iquique Cove, Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island, was charted by CAE in 1947; called Isla Bascopé after Tte 1 J. Bascopé G. (Ash Point, q.v.) (Vila Labra, 1947, map p.201); later named Isla González after Capt. (N) Ernesto González Navarrete, commanding the patrol ship Iquique on CAE, 1947, and in command of CAE, 1947-48 (Chile. DNH chart 500, 1951; IHA, 1974, p.138); resurveyed by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Protector, 1963-64. Gonzalez [sic] Island (BA, 1965, p.30; chart 1774, 19.vii.1968; APC, 1974, p.4). Islote González (Araya and Hervé, 1966, p.41). Isla Comandante González, as rejected form (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.138). González Island (APC, 1986, p.3).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 29' 04.9" S
-62.48469°
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Longitude:
59° 40' 01.3" W
-59.66703°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Nov-1971

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