Phils Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Phils 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:
off S coast of Guépratte Island, NE Anvers Island, was probably sighted by FAE, 1903-05, in January 1905; charted by DI in 1927 and named Phils Islet, possibly after the usage of whalers in the area (BA chart 3213, 14.1.1929; APC, 1955, p.17). Islote Phils (Chile. DNH chart 510, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.588; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.226). The island was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Phils (Argentina. MM, 1957b, p.122). Phils Island (APC, 1959a, p.10; BA, 1974, p.182). Phils Islands [sic], in error (BA, 1961, p.182).
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