Name details

Hope Island

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109370

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

rising 35m above sea level W of Turnbull Point, d'Urville Island, was charted as an island c.5km in diameter in c. 63°05'S 57°07'W and so named by Bransfield between 30 January and 1 February 1820 (Bransfield, chart, [1820b]; Baird, 1821, p.233; BA chart [no number], 1822). Hope Isle (Powell, chart, 1822a). IÎle Hope (Eyriès and Malte-Brun, 1823, map facing p.237). Hope Insel (Weddell, 1827, third end map; [in 63°00'S 56°55'W] Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). The island was recharted as a new discovery by FAE, 1837-40, on 27 February 1838 in c.63°01'S 56°40'W, and called IÎle Daussy probably after a member of FAE (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; Vincendon-Dumoulin, atlas, 1847, Pl.8). The two peaks of Mount Percy (q.v.) were probably mistaken for the present feature by USEE in 1839. Isla Daussy (Spain. DH chart, 1861). Daussy Island (Findlay, 1871, p.6; BA chart 3205, 1.vi.1901). Hope Is. (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol.2, first end map), Hope Öarna (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904a, Del.1, end map), Islas Hope (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904-05, Tomo 1, end map) or Hope Islands (Nordenskjöld and others, 1905, map facing p.316) in the approximate position of Zélée Rocks (q.v.). IÎles Daussey [sic], in the position given by FAE, 1837-40 (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1). Hope Inseln, in the approximate position of Zélée Rocks (Nordenskjöld, 1917, map facing p.68). Hope Island (Daussy Island) (BA chart 3205, 31.x.1921; [in 63°02'S 56 57'W] 2.ix.1938). Hope Ö (HA chart, 1928). Hope Island (Dausay Island) (Daussy Island) (USHO, 1943, p.109). The position of the island was fixed by FIDS from Trepassey in 1946-47. Isla Esperanza [=hope island] (Chile. DNH chart L, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.346). Isla Hope (Argentina. MM chart 103, 1949; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.155). Hope Island, correctly positioned (BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1949; APC, 1955, p.12; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1973). The island was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Ostrov Khop (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 02' 00.0" S
-63.03333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
56° 50' 00.0" W
-56.83333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

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:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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