Spaatz Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Spaatz Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
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:
between Ronne Entrance and Stange Sound, English Coast, was seen from the ground on its N side by USAS in December 1940; photographed from the air by RARE, 23 December 1947, and roughly mapped from air photographs (Ronne, 1948b, map p.356); further photographed from the air by USN, 1965-66, and remapped from air photographs by USGS; named after Gen. Carl Spaatz, USAF (1891-1974), Commanding General, USAAF, 1946, and Chief of Staff, USAF, 1947-48, who arranged to provide an aircraft for the use of RARE (USGS sketch maps Bryan Coast-Ellsworth Land, 1968; Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.5; BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981). There is a BAS depot near the N coast of the island.
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