Latady Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Latady Island (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:
in NE corner of Bellingshausen Sea with NE end forming part of SW boundary of Wilkins Ice Shelf, Alexander Island, was seen from the air but not recognized as an island by Wilkins, 29 December 1929 (Wilkins, 1930, p.375-76); photographed from the air but again not recognized as an island by RARE, 23 December 1947; mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959 in the position 70°45'S 74°35'W (Searle, 1961, Pl.2 facing p.5) and named after William Robertson Latady (1918-79), American designer of optical instruments, air photographer and navigator on the RARE flight of 23 December 1947 (APC, 1961, p.3; USHO chart 6638, 1962; DOS 710 sheet 14, 1963; [also referred to as "false Charcot Island" ] Searle, 1963, p.162 and end map; [outline and position corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of 1979] BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981). Poluostrov Latadi (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).
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