Name details

Small Island

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111229

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

S-most of the Christiania Islands (q.v.), Palmer Archipelago, was roughly charted by Hoseason in 1924 and named descriptively (Powell, chart, 1828; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 3205, 25.iii.1937; [in 63°57'S 61°24'W] APC, 1955, p.19; [co-ordinates corrected] BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961; APC, 1977, p.30). Isla Small (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.263). Île Small (Charcot, 1906a, map facing p.316). Small Inseln (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Isla Pequeña [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.585). Isla Christiania (Argentina. MM chart OO, 1954). The island was photographed from the air and triangulated by FIDASE in 1956. Islas Small, including a rock off the S end of the island (Chile. DNH chart 1400, 1961). Isla Pequeñe [sic], as rejected form (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.263). Isla Shall [sic], in error (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.224).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 01' 00.0" S
-64.01667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
61° 27' 00.0" W
-61.45000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

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:
8-Sep-1953

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