Manoury Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Manoury 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:
S of Gand Island, Dallmann Bay, Palmer Archipelago, was roughly charted by FAE, 1903-05, and named IÎlot Manoury after G. Manoury, Secretary of the expedition (Charcot, 1906b, p.470; Matha and Rey, 1911, Pl.3). Islote Manoury (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.501; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.192). Snipe Island, after HMS Snipe (Cdr. J.G. Forbes, RN) (Snipe Peak, q.v.) which visited the area in 1948 (BA, 1952, p.22). Manowry [sic] (Snipe) Islet (BA, 1954, p.49). Manoury Islet (APC, 1955, p.14). The island was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Manoury Island (APC, 1959a, p.9; BA chart 3566, 16.x.1959).
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