Name details

Spine Island

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111332

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

between Monroe Island (Larsen Islands) and Coronation Island, was roughly charted by Powell and Palmer in 1821; recharted by DI in 1933, shown as quadrisected by narrow E-W channels, drying at low tide, and named descriptively (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1959a, p.11). Isla Spine (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.275; Pierrou, 1970, p.670). Spine Islet (BA, 1948, p.137; APC, 1955, p.20; BA, 1961, p.252).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 36' 00.0" S
-60.60000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
46° 01' 00.0" W
-46.01667°
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:
20-Sep-1955

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