Larsen Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Larsen 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:
three islands (including Monroe Island, q.v.) and off-lying rocks (including Nicolas Rocks, q.v.), NW of Sandefjord Bay, Coronation Island, were roughly charted by Powell and Palmer in December 1821; further charted by Sørlle in 1912 and named C.A. Larsen [sic] after Capt. C.A. Larsen (Larsen Inlet, q.v.) (Sørlle, chart, 1912). Larsen Island [sic] (BA chart 1238, iv.1917). Larsen Islands (BA chart 3175, 25.ix.1925; 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.13). C.A. Larsen Öyane (Sørlle, chart , [1930]). Islas Larsen (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.470). The islands were further charted by DI in 1933. Return Island, presumably in error for this feature (Return Point, q.v.), in the log of GAE, 1873-74, recording a landing made on 10 February 1874 (Marr, 1935, p.318). IÎle Larsen (France. SHM, 1937, p.389).
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