Name details

Solus Island

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111265

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

SSE of Cape Alexandra, Adelaide Island, and E of Dion Islands, was surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island in 1948; called Islote Solitario [=solitary islet] by AAE because of its isolated position (Argentina. MM chart 132, 1957). Solus Island (APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; 3577, 14.viii.1964). The island was charted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from John Biscoe in 1963. Solitario Island (USBGN, 1965, p.105). Île Solitaire, presumably referring to this feature (BA, 1966, p.52).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 52' 00.0" S
-67.86667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
68° 26' 00.0" W
-68.43333°
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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:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Sep-1960

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