Valette Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Valette 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:
forming W entrance point of Mill Cove, Laurie Island, was mapped by SNAE in 1903 and named after Luciano H. Valette (1880-1957), Argentine meteoroloist with the first Argentine party on Laurie Island under R. C. Mossman (Mossman Inlet, q.v.), 1904-05 (Bruce and others, chart, [1903a]; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.21). Valette Isle (Bruce and others, chart, [1903b]). Isla Valette (Argentina. IGM map, 1933; Pierrou, 1970, p.706). The island was recharted by DI in 1933. Islas [sic] Valette (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.54).
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