Pythia Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Pythia 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:
NE side of Gouvernøren Harbour (q.v.), Enterprise Island, Wilhelmina Bay, Danco Coast, was charted by BAE, 1920-22, and named after Chr. Christensen's whaling factory ship Pythia which operated from the harbour, 1921-22 (Lester and others, chart, [1921-22]; APC, 1960, p.7; BA, 1961, p.165; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). The island was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Isla Toneles [=barrels island], so called by CAE from its shape (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.141; IHA, 1974, p.278).
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