Robertson Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Robertson Islands (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.
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separated from the SE point of Coronation Island by Whale Bay and The Divide, and including from N to S Matthews Island (q.v.), Coffer Island, Steepholm, Skilling Island and Atriceps Island, were roughly charted by Powell and Palmer in December 1821; further charted by Weddell in January 1823 when the name Robertson Islands was applied to the islands S of Matthews Island, which was then considered to be part of Coronation Island (Weddell, 1825a, map facing p.25). The following names (unless otherwise indicated) do not include Matthews Island and Coffer Island. Robertsons Inseln (Weddell, 1827, second end map). Robertson Islands (Powell, chart, 1831; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; Sørlle, chart, 1912; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; [in 60°47'S 45°10'W] APC, 1955, p.18). Robertson Inseln (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Isla Robersont [sic] (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Islas Robertson (Riso Patron S., 1908, p.7; Pierrou, 1970, p.626). The islands were further charted by Sørlle in 1912. Robertson Öyane (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). The islands were recharted by DI in 1933 but with Matthews Island still shown as the SE peninsula of Coronation Island. IÎles Robertson (France. SHM, 1937, p.389). Robertson's Islands, as rejected form (USBGN, 1947, p.221). Robertson Island [sic], in error (BA, 1952, p.9). IÎle [sic] Robertson (France. SHM, 1954, p.44). Following survey by FIDS from Signy in January 1957, Matthews Island was recognized as an island and, together with Coffer Island, included in Robertson Islands (DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963; APC, 1977, p.28).
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