Name details

Laktionov Island

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109703

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

off E coast of Renaud Island, Biscoe Islands, N of Jurva Point, was charted by AAE (Argentina. MM chart 130, 1957) and photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of seaice specialists grouped in this area, named after Aleksandr Fedorovich Laktionov (d. 1965), Soviet sea-ice specialist with Arctic and Antarctic Institute, Leningrad, 1927-65 (Head, Department of Oceanography, Ice Forecasting and River Mouths) (APC, 1959a, p.8; BA chart 3573, 26.viii.1960). Isla Hyatt, so called by CAE, 1947, possibly after a member of the expedition (Chile. DNH chart 1502, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.158).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 46' 00.0" S
-65.76667°
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Longitude:
65° 45' 00.0" W
-65.75000°
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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:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
7-Jul-1959

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