Name details

Trepassey Island

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111643

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 of Fitzroy Point, Neny Bay, Fallières Coast, was roughly mapped by BGLE in 1936 and by USAS in 1940; surveyed as two islands by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1947 and named Trepassey Islets after the FIDS charter ship Trepassey (Trepassey Bay, q.v.), which was used to establish the station in February 1946 (APC, 1955, p.21; BA chart 3213, 23.iii.1956). Trepassey Islands (APC, 1959a, p.12; BA chart 3213, 12.viii.1960; 10.viii.1973). The feature was resurveyed as a single island by BAS, 1961-62. Trepassey Island (DOS 610 sheet W 68 66, 1963; APC, 1964, p.4). Islotes Trepassey (Chile. IH chart 1604, 1969).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 12' 00.0" S
-68.20000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
66° 59' 00.0" W
-66.98333°
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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:
31-Mar-1955

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