Grey Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Grey 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:
S of Michelsen Island off S end of Powell Island, was charted by Sørlle, 1912-13, and called (presumably descriptively) Holmen Greid [spelling doubtful on chart] (Sørlle, chart, 1912) or Holmen Graa [=the grey island] (Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913); recharted by DI in 1933. Grey Island (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1959a, p.7). Holmen Gras [sic] (Tilley, 1935, p.385). Grey Islet (BA, 1942, p.33; APC, 1955, p.11). Isla Grey (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1954). In 1967 the island was designated as part of SPA No. 15 under the Antarctic Treaty (FO, 1967, p.9).
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