Name details

Johansen Islands

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109537

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

five small islands WNW of Cape Vostok, Alexander Island, were sighted from USS Bear on her initial approach to establish the "East Base" of USAS in 1940; named after Bendik Johansen, ice pilot on USAS and previously ice pilot on USAE, 1928-30 and 1933-35 ([in 68°45'S 72°00'W] USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; [in 69°05'S 72°50'W] USHO chart 2562, 1943; [in 69°05'S 72°07'W] USHO, 1943, photograph p.167; [in 69°03'S 72°52'W] BA chart 3571, 12.ix.1952; APC, 1975, p.4). Islas Johansen (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.449). Johansen Öyane (Hansen, chart [no number], 1947). IÎles Joansen [sic] (France. SHM chart 5879, 1956). Ostrova Yukhansen (Nudel'man, 1960, loose map). Islotes Johansen (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.203; IHA, 1974, p.165).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 03' 00.0" S
-69.05000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
72° 54' 00.0" W
-72.90000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Dec-1974

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