Name details

Rigsby Islands

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110881

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

off NE coast of Adelaide Island in entrance of Buchanan Passage, were photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48, and by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Detaille Island" in 1958; in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after Dr George Pierce Rigsby (b. 1915), American glaciologist who specialized in the investigation of ice-crystal structure and the plasticity of ice, and designed a universal stage for ice petrofabrics (APC, 1960, p.7; BA, 1961, p.194; BAS 250P sheet SQ 10-20/10, 1-DOS 1979).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 40' 00.0" S
-66.66667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
67° 37' 00.0" W
-67.61667°
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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:
23-Sep-1960

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