Name details

Saddle Island

Saddle Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Saddle Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111005

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 Route Point, Laurie Island, N of Weddell Islands, "is almost divided into two by a narrow channel strewn with boulders" (BA, 1974, p.151); was charted by Weddell, 12 January 1823, and named descriptively (Weddell, 1825a, p.20 and map facing p.25; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 1916, p.411; Marr, 1935, p.339; APC, 1955, p.18). IÎle de la Selle [translation of English name] (Weddell, 1825b, p.273). IÎle Saddle (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170). Saddle Insel (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). The island was recharted by SNAE, 4 February 1903 (Brown and others, 1906, p.53). Isla Saddel [sic] (Jalour, [1907b], map following p.196). Saddel [sic] Island (Sørlle, chart, 1912). Isla Montura [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.529). Sadel [sic] Öya (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). The island was further charted by DI in 1933 and shown as two islands. Saddle Islands (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; 13.x.1967). IÎle Montura (France. SHM chart 1148, 1947). Isla Sadle [sic] (Justo, 1947). Isla Saddle (Moneta, 1951, end map [1]). Saddle Eiland, Zadel Eiland, Isola Saddle (Knapp, 1958, p.584, 589; Zavatti, 1958, Tav.9). Saddell [sic] (Dalziel and others, 1981, p.19).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 37' 00.0" S
-60.61667°
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Longitude:
44° 50' 00.0" W
-44.83333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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