Name details

Shull Rocks

Shull Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Shull Rocks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111171

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

in Crystal Sound, Loubet Coast, E of Barcroft Islands, were photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48, and by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from"Detaille Island", 1958-59; in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after Clifford Glenwood Shull (b.1915), American physicist who used neutron diffraction to determine the position of the hydrogen atoms in ice (APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 27' 00.0" S
-66.45000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
66° 40' 00.0" W
-66.66667°
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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:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Sep-1960

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