Name details

Gulch Island

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109139

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

one of the Christiania Islands (q.v.), Palmer Archipelago, following air photography by FIDASE in 1956 was so named because of its deeply indented character (APC, 1960, p.4; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). Isla Aragay, after Tte Ramón Aragay Boada, Communications Officer in the transport ship Angamos of CAE, 1947 (Chile. DNH chart 1400, 1961; IHA, 1974, p.30).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 00' 00.0" S
-64.00000°
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Longitude:
61° 29' 00.0" W
-61.48333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
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:
23-Sep-1960

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