Name details

Thule Islands

Thule Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Thule Islands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111581

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

three small islands and offlying rocks running N-S on N side of Borge Bay, Signy Island, were charted by Sørlle, 1912-13. The name Thule Rks. was applied probably to the E-most islands in the group, after the whaling factory ship Thule (Kapt. H. G. Melsom, Melsom Rocks, q.v.), of the Thule Whaling Company of Oslo, one of the first ships to flense whales at sea, which operated in the South Orkney Islands, 1912-13, and anchored on the E side of Signy Island in January 1913 (Sørlle, chart, 1913). Thule Rocks, referring to the E-most islands in the group (BA, 1916, p.413). Thule Rock, referring to one of the E-most islands (BA, 1930, p.54). Following survey by DI in 1933, the main islands in the group were erroneously shown as joined to Signy Island (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934). Rocas Thule (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.274). The islands were resurveyed by FIDS in 1947. Thule Islets (APC, 1955, p.21; Matthews and Maling, 1967, p.32). Grupo Tule del Sur (Argentina. MM chart 94, 1960; Pierrou, 1970, p.698). Thule Islands (APC, 1959a, p.12; BA, 1966, p.42; Matthews and Maling, 1967, end map; DOS 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973).

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Location

Latitude:
60° 41' 45.0" S
-60.69583°
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Longitude:
45° 36' 06.0" W
-45.60167°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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