Name details

Oliphant Islands

Oliphant Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Oliphant Islands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110427

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

extending N-S off S side of Gourlay Peninsula, Signy Island, were surveyed by FIDS in 1947-49 and named Oliphant Islets after Marcus Laurence Elwin (later Sir Mark) Oliphant (1901-2000), Poynting Professor of Physics, University of Birmingham, 1937-50, who assisted in obtaining scientific equipment for Signy in 1947; Director, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, 1950-63; President, Australian Academy of Sciences, 1954-57; Governor of South Australia, 1971-76 (APC, 1955, p.16; Matthews and Maling, 1967, map in pocket). Oliphant Islands (APC, 1959a, p.9; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963; 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 44' 10.0" S
-60.73611°
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Longitude:
45° 35' 38.0" W
-45.59389°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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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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