Name details

Mackellar Islands

Mackellar Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mackellar Islands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1092

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A group of about 30 small islands and rocks lying to the north and north-west of Cape Denison, on the coast of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after C.D. Mackellar of London, a patron of the expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 58' 30.0" S
-66.97500°
Accurate to 50m
Longitude:
142° 38' 35.0" E
142.64306°
Accurate to 50m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
IKONOS
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( No Image Available Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id 2001013123204820000011627275 - View Reference
)
Source Scale:
1:10000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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