Hennessy Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Hennessy Islands (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:
NNE of Dodman Island, Graham Coast, were photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of sea-ice specialists grouped in this area, named after Jack Hennessy (1885-1954), Deputy Marine Superintendent, UK Meteorological Office, 1940-54, who collected and published reports on sea ice in the Southern Ocean, 1902-53 (APC, 1959a, p.7; BA chart 3573, 26.viii.1960). Islas Cabrales, so called by CAE after the Chilean tugboat Cabrales (Chile. DNH chart 1502, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.63). Hennessy Island [sic] (USOO chart 6946, 1964).
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