Name details

Sims Island

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111194

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 Carroll Inlet W of Case Island, English Coast, was seen from the air by USAS, 22 December 1940, and named after Lieut. (JG) L. S. Sims, USMC, surgeon on the expedition ([in 73°15'S 78°45'W] USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; [co-ordinates corrected] USGS sketch map Bryan Coast-Ellsworth Land, 1968; APC, 1975, p.5). Isla Sims (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.261). Sims (Vila Labra, 1947, map facing p.200). Ostrov Sims (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The island was photographed from the air by USN, 1965-66, and mapped from air photographs by USGS.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 21' 00.0" S
-73.35000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 19' 00.0" W
-78.31667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Dec-1974

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