Name details

Lynch Island

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109935

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

E side of Marshall Bay, Coronation Island, was roughly charted by Sørlle, 1912-13, and further charted by DI in 1933; following resurvey by FIDS from Signy, 1948-49, named Lynch Islet after Thomas B. Lynch, American sealer who visited the South Orkney Islands in the schooner Express (Express Cove, q.v.) in 1880 (APC, 1955, p.14). Lynch Island (APC, 1959a, p.9; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). In 1967 the island was designated SPA No.14 under the Antarctic Treaty (FO, 1967, p.8).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 39' 00.0" S
-60.65000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
45° 36' 00.0" W
-45.60000°
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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:
31-Mar-1955

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