Name details

Sheelagh Islands

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1111

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A group of about six islands, about 2 km from the continental ice cliffs of Enderby Land. The largest of the islands is 0.5 km across. These islands were possibly the site of the landing from an aircraft by Riiser-Larsen on 22 December, 1929. An ANARE party landed on them on 14 February, 1958, and obtained an astrofix. Named after the wife of Robert H.J. Thompson, Administrative Officer of the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, and second-in-command of the expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 32' 47.6" S
-66.54656°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
50° 11' 00.9" E
50.18358°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
13 m
Accurate to 10m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E148_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
22-Jul-1959

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