Moe Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Moe 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:
separated from SW Signy Island by Fyr Channel, was charted by Sørlle, 1912-13, and named after Kapt. M. Thoralf Moe, Norwegian whaling captain from Sandefjord, who applied for a whaling licence for the South Orkney Islands, 1913-14, on behalf of A/S Corral, a subsidiary of Messrs Christensen and Co., Corral, Chile (Allardyce, Despatch, 14 March 1913), and who worked in this area (Corral Point, Fyr Channel, Tioga Hill, q.v.) (Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913; BA chart 3175, 3.vi.1927; 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.15; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963; 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973). Moe Insel (Moe, chart, 1913a). Noe [sic] Island (BA, 1916, p.413). Isla Noe [sic] (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930). The island was re-charted by DI in 1933. IÎle Moe (France. SHM, 1937, p.389). Isla Moe (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.274). Isla Noé [sic] (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). Isla Morisqueta [=deception island] (Argentina. MM, 1957b, p.7; Pierrou, 1970, p.532). The island was surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1957-58. Ostrov Mue (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). In 1967 the island was designated SPA No.13 under the Antarctic Treaty (FO, 1967, p.8).
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