Name details

Leopard Island

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109802

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

one of the Argentine Islands (q.v.), Graham Coast, forming the NW entrance point of Black Island Channel, was surveyed by BGLE in 1935 and so named because a leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) was killed there (Rymill, 1938b; BA chart 3213, 7.ii.1947: APC, 1955, p.13; DOS 210 Argentine Islands sheet, 1964). Isla Leopard (Rymill and others, 1943, map facing p.72). IÎle du Léopard (Rouch, 1944, map p.11). Isla Leopardo (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.291; Pierrou, 1970, p.480; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.182).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 15' 00.0" S
-65.25000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
64° 18' 00.0" W
-64.30000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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