Name details

O'Brien Island

O'Brien Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

O'Brien Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110405

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

SW of Eadie Island, South Shetland Islands, was roughly charted by Bransfield in February-March 1820 and, together with Aspland Island and Eadie Island, named O'Briens Islands (q.v.) (Bransfield, chart, [1820b]; BA chart [no number], 1822). O'Brien's Island, referring to the present feature only (Baird, 1821, p.233; Powell, chart, 1822a). IÎle O.Brien [sic], referring to the present feature (Eyriès and Malte-Brun, 1823, map facing p.237). O'Brian's Island (Wyld, map, 1824). IÎle O'Brien, IÎle O'Brien's (Powell, 1824b, p.109; 1824a, map facing p.5). O'Brien Island (BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 3205, 25.iii.1937; APC, 1955, p.16; DOS 610 sheet W 61 54 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972). O'Brien Insel (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Isola O'Brien (Gerlache, 1902a, end map). IÎle Obrien [sic] (Gourdon, 1908, p.5). Isla O'Brien (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.559; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.215). The island was further charted by the German Atlantic Expedition in Meteor (Kapt. F. Spiess, Spiess Glacier, q.v.) in 1926. O'Brien Ö (HA chart, 1928). O'Brien Öen (Aagaard, 1930, end map). The island was recharted by DI in February 1937 (Deacon, 1939, p.200). O'Briens Island (Hobbs, 1939a, p.42). Ostrov O'Brien (Aleyner, 1955, p.85). The island was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. O'Brien, Isla O'brien (Argentina. MM, 1957b, p.39). Ostrov O'Brayen (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The island was visited by J

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Location

Latitude:
61° 30' 24.7" S
-61.50686°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
55° 58' 02.1" W
-55.96725°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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