Name details

Joubin Islands

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109555

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

SW of Cape Monaco, Anvers Island, were charted by FAE, 1903-05, and named IÎlots Joubin after Louie Joubin (1861-1935), French zoologist responsible for publication of the biological reports of FAE, 1903-05 (who also signed the instructions for FAE, 1908-10) (Charcot, 1906b, p.471). IÎle [sic] Joubin (Charcot, 1906a, map facing p.316). IÎles Joubin (Gourdon, 1908, end map). Joubin Islands (BA chart 1238, ix.1908; APC, 1959a, p.8; BA chart 3572, 12.viii.1960). Joubine [sic] Öyane (HA chart, 1927). Jourbin[sic] Islands (Holtedahl, 1929, p.23). Islas Joubin (Chile. DNH chart LII, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.452). Joubin Islets (BA chart 3196, 12.xi.1948; APC, 1955, p.12). The islands were photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956. Ostrova Zhuben (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Islotes Joubin (Chile. DNH chart 1501, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.167). Joubin Island [sic] (USOO chart 6639, 1968).

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Location

Latitude:
64° 47' 00.0" S
-64.78333°
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Longitude:
64° 26' 00.0" W
-64.43333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Sep-1955

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